Moment of Oneness - March 17, 2021

7:00pm EST

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Theme: Hope for Spring

The theme for this week’s moment of oneness is the hope for spring. There are two reasons for this topic. The first is that the feast of St. Patrick is traditionally a time to begin transforming the winter season into the rebirth of spring. And secondly the spring equinox occurs this year on March 20^th, marking the beginning of astronomical spring when light and dark have equal time.

According to Celtic lore the shamrock represents the trinity. It also denotes, “Belief in your heart, Faith in your mind. Trust in your body.”

This year spring has an additional meaning. As the world’s people begin to receive Covid-19 vaccines the darkness of the winter pandemic begins to ease and the promise of spring light and health begin to emerge.

Opening Prayer

In the heart’s springtime, the inner self awakens. Seeds of growth, hidden in the midst of winter’s bleakness, germinate and sprout. That which has been longed for and greatly desired is gradually brought forth and heralded with gladness. Vision, dreams and yearnings for the future unfold. The gray moods, the frozen love, the sorrow and grief, the overwhelming angst, the dread and depression, all this slowly slips away as trust and enthusiasm rejuvenate the wintered spirit. Like the springtime land, so the inner land is thawed and re-energized. A sense of loving and being loved warms the interior places that were cold and dormant in wintertime.

“The Circle of Life:The Heart’s Journey through the Seasons” by Joyce Rupp and Macrina Wiederkehr 

Petitions

The Hope of Spring

God, thank you for Spring and the hope of warmer, longer, brighter days.

Thank you for the coming of growth and life and birth.

Thank you that things are coming awake in the world.

This is what our calendar says, and we do see some signs that it is real.

But we also still struggle with the residual layover of winter.

Now we ask that you bring into reality all that belongs in this season. Your word says that we will have provision, and hope, and joy, and health and loving relationships here and now in this life.

We ask that what belongs in this season would become actual in our practical lives.

We hope in you and in your promises. We hope in your gift of Spring.

Author unknown

Silent Reflection

Closing Prayer

From Celtic Spirit Pilgrimage, Verse 1

We SEE God…
The greenness, the newness of life…
The tapestry of the landscape…
The diversity of sights, color, shapes…
The witnessing of cycles of new life.
       May this be your experience…

Closing Song: Here Comes the Sun | George Harrison

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D5kJha2U9Aw