5/27/22
Am I learning to live with the horror?
Pause for Prayer: FRIDAY 5/27
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Four Kinds of Lilacs
"Why don't you turn at the next corner,"
she said, "and take another road home.
Let's go past that farm with all the
different colored lilacs."
"That's seven miles out of the way,"
he said. "I wanted to plant the rest
of the corn before evening. We
can look at lilacs some other time."
"It'll take only a few minutes"
she said. "You know that lilacs
aren't in bloom for long—if we
don't go now, it will be too late."
"We drove past there last year,"
he said. "They're like any other lilacs
except for the different colors. The rest
of the year, they're all just bushes."
"They're lilac, purple, white, and pink,"
she said. "And today, with no breeze,
the scent will hang in the air—no flowers
smell as good as lilacs in the spring."
"I thought of planting lilacs once,"
he said, "for a windbreak in the grove.
The good smell lasts only a few days.
I suppose we can go, if we hurry."
"Now slow up," she said.
"Last year, you drove by so fast
we couldn't even get a good look.
It wouldn't hurt to take it easy."
"Well, there they are," he said,
"and looking pretty scraggly—past
full bloom already. You should
have thought of doing this sooner."
- Leo Dengel, in Home from the Field: Collected Poems
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5/26/22
NIGHT PRAYER: Thursday 5/26
Pause for Prayer: ASCENSION THURSDAY
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Ascension by Salvador Dali |
Just 40 days after Easter, Lord,
you brought your friends together, one last time,
to say goodbye, to bid them farewell...
Parting's such sweet sorrow, Lord...
Coming and going,
meeting and knowing,
saying goodbye,
sadness and sorrow,
hope for tomorrow...
Amen.
I Will Rise: Easter and Ascension Hymn
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5/25/22
NIGHT PRAYER: Wednesday 5/25
Those we once lived for, those we deeply mourn,
Those who from play, from learning and from laughter
Cruelly were torn.
There is a place where hands which held ours tightly
Now are released beyond all hurt and fear
Healed by that love which also feels our sorrow
Tear after tear.
There is a place where all the lost potential
Yields its full promise, finds its lost intent;
Silenced no more, young voices echo freely
As they were meant.
There is a place where God will hear our questions,
Suffer our anger, share our speechless grief.
Gently repair the innocence of loving
And of belief.
Jesus, who bids us to be like little children
Shields those our arms are yearning to embrace,
God will ensure that all are reunited;
There is a place.
5/24/22
NIGHT PRAYER: Tuesday 5/24
5/23/22
Pause for Prayer: TUESDAY 5/24
In return, Lord, help me to
listen, forgive, correct,
hold, abide, guide, support,
care and pray for others
as patiently, as faithfully
as I am loved and blessed...
NIGHT PRAYER: Monday 5/23
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Monday Morning Offering: 5/23
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Morning Coffee by George Mendoza |
Good morning, good God!