As we take
this moment to enter into stillness together,
We sense how
very difficult it is to be here in this moment,
Just as we
are, just as the world is, just as everything is.
All that is
real and alive exists in this moment alone,
All that is possible
and beautiful is present only now.
Each slender
thing that slouches and each big thing that booms
Can only be
felt and seen and heard and held in the container
Of this
fleeting moment that soon ends but somehow never ceases.
As the
church year winds down, as the school year comes to a close,
We don’t
quite know how, but things have gotten ahead of us:
It’s not yet
summer, but already we have begun to plan for fall,
It’s not yet
summer, but we have felt the sweltering heat of the sun,
It’s not yet
summer, but we have known the chill of death in our midst.
Let us hold one
another as this moment holds us—securely, tenderly,
With great
care and great affection, with profound regard for what is.
And let us
hold this moment, let us heed this moment and praise it.
Let us offer
ourselves up to this moment, knowing that all we have is now
And each
other and the love that is shared through us and around us.
May it be so
now. And now. And now again. Amen!
