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Prayer: O holy mystery,
We seek you and discover that you are found in and among us—until we
make you disappear into the abstract crevices of our minds and fears.
Let us not hold too tightly to our ideas of who you are;
Instead, may we gladly know that you are a living God
Music: “We Are” by Ysaye Barnwell
https://youtu.be/FyWeRi4AngY?si=TJs9MSVeGRrbfEIH
Reading: “Uncertain Bearer of the Weight of It All” Joan Javier-Duval
Holy Mystery Silent Presence Uncertain Bearer of the Weight of It All,
In these quiet moments we listen
We listen for the maybe still breathing, perhaps still whispering faintest sign of the Universal Good
We listen between the cacophony of distractions pulling us toward untruth and falsehood
We listen amidst the shrill cries of desperation of we’ve-had-enough of when will they stop killing my people
of how much more will the waters rise
of when will it be safe to return to my home
of how much longer can I hang on
We listen and we wait through the tumult of these days
We seek assurance
We seek the fulfillment of a promise
a promise made to ourselves
a promise made to those we have been stretched to call neighbor
a promise written and enshrined and yet unfulfilled
Help us, Abiding Mystery, to hang on, to hold on when all is in question
when all is in doubt
Help us to stay firm to our own commitments and our own promises
Lead us back into connection back into the bonds of humanity that help us to know each other as beloved
May we continue listening
May we keep watch
May we beckon Love and Justice and Mercy with our own whispers, with our shouts
with our cries until all know themselves part of the Circle of Love.
Quiet Reflection
Music: We are the Ones by Sweet Honey in the Rock
https://youtu.be/UHsJHZpOJCc?si=PGzXt42zT1Z9E4qB
Closing prayer:
Beloved people, you are the mystery. Beloved people listen to the silence and the noise. God is not silent. God’s love in each and all of us. Beloved people, let us relish the love of God in each other.
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