I Need to Breathe Deeply – Oct. 14, 2020
Eternal Friend,grant me an easeto breathe deeply of this moment,this light,this miracle of now.Beneath the din and furyof great movementsand harsh newsand urgent crises,make me attentive stillto good news,to small occasions,and the grace of what is possiblefor me to be,to do,to give,to receive,that I may miss neither my neighbor’s giftnor my enemy’s need. Precious Lord,grant […]
Waken in Me a Sense of Joy – Oct. 13, 2020
O extravagant God,in this ripening, red-tinged autumn,waken in me a sense of joyin just being alive,joy for nothing in generalexcept everything in particular;joy in sun and rainmating with earth to birth a harvest;joy in soft lightthrough shyly disrobing trees;joy in acolyte moonsetting halos around processing clouds;joy in the beating of a thousand wingsmysteriously knowing which […]
Breathe Into Me – Oct. 12, 2020
O God, empty me of angry judgments,and aching disappointments,and anxious trying,and breathe into mesomething like quietnessand confidence,that the lion and the lamb in memay lie down togetherand be led by a trustas straightforward as a little child. Catch my pride and doubt off guardthat, at least for the moment,I may sense your presenceand your caring,and […]
Forgive Me – Oct. 2, 2020
Forgive me that I have not loved enough.Forgive me so that I can love you and others,no matter what their sins may be.Forgive me that I have not fully believedin the possibility and power of forgiveness.Forgive me so that I can forgive—others and myself. Amen. —Maren Tirabassi and Joan Jordan Grant, An Improbable Gift of […]
