Weekly Inspiration (5/30/24)

“ We are beginning the long, green season after Pentecost, preparing to walk with Jesus as he travels the road of his earthly ministry. We’ll be walking with him day after day, week after week, for the next six months. What do you cling to that may weigh you down on this journey? How might you be open to unexpected grace? ”

Br. Lain Wilson
Society of Saint John the Evangelist

Poem of the Week

“Here am I; send me!”
                        —Isaiah 6.8
But where?
Help me discern clearly, God.
Neither to gallivant off in every direction
as if I'm supposed to heal all hurts;
nor to shrink back because the need is so great,
but to listen for where you are calling me,
and to go there.
To say ”Here am I,” must include all of me,
not just parts. What calls to the whole of me?
What seems most harmonious?
What neither dulls nor depletes me,
but (even if it scares me)
energizes and enlivens me?
Where do I sense your energy moving,
that I may move in harmony with it?
Not what I want,
but where your Spirit blows.
Breath prayer:
Loving me … send me