Brother Sun, Sister Moon – May 19, 2021
Most High, all-powerful, all-good Lord, All praise is Yours, all glory, all honor and all blessings. To you alone, Most High, do they belong, and no mortal lips are worthy to pronounce Your Name. Praised be You my Lord with all Your creatures,especially Sir Brother Sun, who is the day through whom You give us […]
Mirrors of Splendor
When John’s book was written, five generations had passed since the young rabbi taught. What stories would be remembered? His words and movements echoed still, like a bronze bowl singing as the wooden striker makes sweeping arcs around its rim. Jesus is praying to his Love, the Friend who’s heart beats within him, on behalf […]
Sabbath Grace – Apr. 21, 2021
Six days of work are spentto make a Sunday quietthat Sabbath may return.It comes in unconcern;we cannot earn or buy it.Suppose rest is not sentor comes and goes unknown,the light, unseen, unshown.Suppose the day beginsin wrath at circumstance,or anger at one’s friendsin vain self-innocencefalse to the very light,breaking the sun in half,or anger at oneselfwhose […]
Guide Me into an Unclenched Moment – Apr. 12, 2021
Guide me,Holy One,into an unclenched moment,a deep breath,a letting go of heavy expectancies,of shriveling anxieties,of dead certainties,that, softened by the silence,surrounded by the light,and open to the mystery,I may be found by wholeness,upheld by the unfathomable,entranced by the simple,and filled with the joythat is you. –Ted Loder, Guerrillas of Grace: Prayers for the Battle (San […]
