Daily Signet

O Beloved Spirit, 
The time changes.  The sunlight extends.
And we see more of the day—earlier and later.
What was dead, only dormant, 
buds into a spray of color.
New ground broken.
Where there were but hard surfaces, now new sprouts.

The last season—cold and fogged-over skies—
we watched as a loved one’s memory
slipped into un-rightable tangles.
And we learned how much of who we are
is in the connections we make: 
the contact with eyes,
the recognition of heart, 
the link from the days gone by
with the link to the hopes for tomorrow.

In this season of renewal and regeneration, keep us holy-hearted. 
May we make sacred the meal, 
the breaking of bread, the laughter of friendship.
Help us escape the cliché of skimming what is most important
in our hasty preoccupations.

Break new ground in us.
Push us up through hardened surfaces
and let us grow green, be raised again,
that what has deadened in us
will return to a newness of life
and flower again.  

In Your Image. Amen.                                      

Benjamin H. Martin

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