Weekly Inspiration (3/14/24)

“ You are the glory of God. If you find any resistance to beholding God’s glory within you, that resistance – where you are withholding saying “yes” – is where you are primed for a conversation with God. Let your resistance to glory be your prayer.”

Br. Curtis Almquist
Society of Saint John the Evangelist

Poem of the Week

by the Rev. Cameron Trimble, quoting A Franciscan Blessing

May God bless you with discomfort
at easy answers, half-truths,
and superficial relationships
so that you may live
deep within your heart.

May God bless you with anger
at injustice, oppression,
and exploitation of people,
so that you may work for
justice, freedom, and peace.

May God bless you with tears
to shed for those who suffer pain,
rejection, hunger and war,
so that you may reach out your hand
to comfort them and
to turn their pain to joy.

And may God bless you
with enough foolishness
to believe that you can
make a difference in the world,
so that you can do
what others claim cannot be done
to bring justice and kindness
to all our children and the poor.

Amen.