NIGHT PRAYER: Monday 3/1

I know it's not the 20th of March, Lord,

but I'm declaring this the 1st day of Spring 2021!*

Some of my favorite people 

claim birthdays in January and February

but still, those aren't my favorite months...

The past 8 weeks have given us a mild winter

but, my heart aches for springtime, Lord,

and though I know we're not yet done with snow

and temps in the teens and twenties,

I need to tell creation: 

   Bring it! 

   Bring spring to ring 

      and sing its way into my soul!

 

I'm ready, Lord - I'm more than ready

for a spring thaw to melt my heart, 

for a change of seasons in my soul

for new life, wherever it may bud,

for fresh growth, whenever it sprouts,

for the light of longer days,

for the warmth of April, May and June,

for the Pasch of risen life

on the Sunday after the first full moon

following this spring's equinox!

 

Bring it, Lord!

   Bring spring to ring 

      and sing its way into my soul!

 

Protect me as I lie awake

and while I dream of spring ahead

that awake, I might keep watch with you

and asleep, Lord, rest in your peace...

 

Amen. 

 

Belmont's Beaver Brook flows freely 

    on the 1st day of spring!

Springtime by Chris Renzema 

 

Warning: Audio includes use of the A-word in Lent!

 

You’re the resurrection 

That we’ve waited for 

You buried the night 

And came with the morning 

You’re the King of Heaven 

The praise is yours 

The longer the quiet 

The louder the chorus 

 

Ohhhh       Ohhhh 

 

We will sing a new song 

'Cause death is dead and gone with the winter 

We will sing a new song 

Let Alleluias flow like a river 

We’re coming back to life 

Reaching toward the light 

Your love is like springtime 

 

You’re the living water 

God we thirst for you 

The dry and the barren 

Will flower and bloom 

You’re the sun that’s shining 

You restore my soul 

The deeper you call us 

Oh the deeper we’ll go 

 

Come tend the soil 

Come tend the soil of my soul 

And like a garden 

And like a garden I will grow 

 

*March 20 is the first day of astronomical spring

BUT March 1 is the first day of meteorological spring:

what's the difference? 

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