Digital Meditation Resource Ash Wednesday Zine Liturgy When our vision is clouded by worries When our view is blacked out by fears When we see, feel, touch, and tasteThe suffering and confusion all around us We turn to you, our Wild Mother, In this season of darknessHave mercy on us Oh Lord,We who suffer, we who grieve Let your holy […]
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Liturgy, Reflection & Benediction 2025.02.23
Liturgy It doesn’t have to bethe blue iris, it could beweeds in a vacant lot, or a fewsmall stones; justpay attention, then patcha few words together and don’t tryto make them elaborate, this isn’ta contest but the doorwayinto thanks, and a silence in whichanother voice may speak:Heavenly Parent,Lord Above,Call us into the conflicts we are afraid to face.We are here […]
Liturgy, Reflection & Benediction 2025.02.16
Liturgy In the cold dark earth, You began with a seedYou dug the holeYou rested it thereYou spoke over itYou knew where it had come fromAnd what it would produceYou watered the seedAdded nutrients to the soilAnd you watchedAs the seed stretched out its rootsYou returned to the seed each dayProtected it from the windRemoved the encroaching weedsKept the birds […]
Liturgy, Reflection & Benediction 2025.02.09
Liturgy Let us begin our liturgy in prayer as a community.Our response will be highlighted in yellow.Remind us, Oh LordTo lift our eyes from the dusty groundTo truly see you and your creationHoly is your Divine Majesty, Oh LordRemind us, Oh LordTo open our ears to your wisdomThough we may not fully understandHoly is your Divine Mystery, Oh LordRemind us, […]
Liturgy, Reflection, & Benediction 2025.02.02
Liturgy O God, you are Spirit;You are wind; you are breath.You meet us in the wonders of creation,in the awe of wonderful things,in the terror of fearful things.You blow among the fallen leaves,the broken branches, the whining pain,and the whirlwinds of delight.Your wind gently touches our browwith comfort and caress;your forgiveness raises us to life;your challenge disturbs our tidy pilesand […]
Liturgy, Reflection, & Benediction 2025.01.26
Liturgy Let us begin our liturgy with a prayer.Our responses will be highlighted in yellow.We are surprised to find ourselves hereIn this time and place we did not anticipate.We saw ourselves moving forward to new vistas,Only to find we had wandered off pathLike hikers who realize they have unintentionally circled back.We look around worriedly to see if this is indeed […]
Liturgy, Reflection & Benediction 2025.01.19
Liturgy A new year has startedOur routines have resumed.Each day we wake up and workWe input dataWe cook mealsWe count the changeWe patch the holesWe mow the yardWe plant the sodWe struggleWe sweatDirt finds its way under our fingernailsSweat stings our eyesOur backs acheOur joints crackOur minds exhaustedRemind us our work comes from YouRemind us of rest that followsRemind us […]