Gift Received
The gift received this day, no words can describe.
Yes, you, O God, have answered my plea.
It is you who give me life,
even to the ends of the earth.
We are truly all one in reality,
yet in practice, we have miles to go—
learning to listen, to deeply hear the other.
Insights are planted when such is done-
even miracles by way of vision, sound and whatever
symbols God’s presence will occur-
if only we trust in the One who is and was and will be.
The God who holds no guilt
but only pardon and infinite love-
a love shadowed in darkness of the unknown
a love to be revealed only in eternity, where
the life span is but a spark of eternal presence,
where the Light of God’s love
can never ever completely be fathomed.
Why?
Because we are not God!
ON THIS MOUNTAIN
(Is 25:6-10; Mt 15:29-37)
On this mountain
There is food,
feasting,
flowing fruit of the vine;
There is fasting from tears,
forfeiture of sorrow.
On this mountain
There is freedom from physical constraints,
fishing for fragments,
foraging for flour loaves
On this mountain fallible followers find faith.