Fr. Stuart offered the following prayer at the conclusion of Barbara Brown Taylors EMW lecture, Learning to Walk in the Dark, this past weekend: You, who promise to be with us-- or at least promise to be real and true-- Be among us... You, who spoke and brought forth life out of the chaos that was-- and who breathes in the chaos that still is-- Be among us... You, whose love crosses all boundaries we may impose on what is meet and right for a deity to do... Be among us... We adore you, even as we wrestle with how we can embody You in our own lives. May we not cross our fingers when we invoke you. Because we do wrestle. We pray for enlightenment when what we want most of the time honesty is a comfortable happiness shallow and saccharine as we know that can be. Move us deeper. Pull us. Invite us. Entice us... Beyond the shallow crust of an arid faith until we begin to see that the darkness of Gethsemane and Golgatha is the fecund soil that gives rise to a lush, new life that seeks to embrace the reality of you, God-- and our deepest self. As if those were different... You, in whom we live and move and have our being... Beyond light and darkness--and enfolding them both-- In that space that, deliciously... Is. Be not afraid, you have told us. OK. Well try. We trust you. Amen. April 12, 2014
Posted on: Mon, 14 Apr 2014 13:40:36 +0000
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