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Meditations
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Amid all the noise in our lives, we take this moment
The Buddhists say, All is dukkha
Enter into the communion of flowers
Gracious
and loving Lord, in perfect assurance of Your presence here
Here is where it all begins.
It cannot be otherwise
How does one address a mystery?
I do not know if the seasons remember their history
I do not like the "I hate it" feeling, but I
have it
I invite you into a space of quiet and peace
I invite you now into a time of
If there is a heaven, it is right here, right now
In reflecting upon the dispiriting time in which we live
In our time of meditation this morning
In the moments when Word is silence
In this time of anticipated spring
The journeys of our lives are never fully charted
Let there always be a time for forgiveness
Let us be gentle with ourselves just now
Let us join in a moment dedicated to that quiet power
Let us join our hearts and minds together
Let us picture in our minds the flaming chalice
Let us rejoice for the families who have gathered this Thanksgiving
Let us take a moment to settle into the silence
Like pendulums we swing from hunger to hunger
May we look with gratitude upon this day
May you rest in the grace of the world and be free
The moment of prayer is an invitation to be calm
Much of our human struggle is with what we do not know
My fried Marcy and her boyfriend Brian recently
Now, in shared quietness, we shall listen to the wisdom
On Mother's Day, one expects to read about
the wonder and glory of motherhood
Once upon a time there was an old man who lived
alone
Spirit of life, in us and around us, here is our chance
Stretch back in memory to the first time you joined
There is rarely enough silence in our services
To escape the trap of public acclaim
To the God above God we turn our thoughts
We are confronted with all that we do not know
We are each different. Some of us are bigger
We are in the midst of the season of celebration
We give thanks for the earth and its creatures
We give thanks for this day and for these people
We have reason to celebrate, to be grateful, to be proud
We have returned again to the time of Atonement
We join our hearts and minds together
We pause in the stillness to rest for a moment
We praise the faithfulness of those who went before
We remember the many connections that sustain
When I was a child, the day after Thanksgiving
When my mind is still and alone
Who can be certain where the self stops?
Wouldn't it be great if you could take a picture of your soul?
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