It is early morning. I light candles as I view the shrouded round moon that is shining through the dark tree branches. Our thermostat is broken. We hope the replacement part will arrive today. I ponder putting on a cap.
In the past few days I have received three emails that have stayed with me. One from a young staff member in a skilled nursing community: "We are in a battle ground and we are counting deaths." Another is from a community just up the road from the first. I feel the elation. They are Covid free and everyone is receiving vaccinations. Yet another sends me a cautiously hopeful note saying she has received clearance to hold activities for three people at a time. Could I do a Zoom worship for three? Of course.
These and others trust that I am praying for them and with them. I am aware that trust is sacred. I remember a book of poems a friend gave me a few years before she passed. I feel her nudge.
Just Sit There Right Now
Just
sit there right now.
Don't do a thing. Just rest.
For your
separation from God
is the hardest work in the world.
Let me bring you trays of food and something
that you like to
drink.
You can use my soft words
as a cushion
for your
head.
Hafiz
Love Poems from God, Daniel Ladinsky
Every week during Lent, I plan on hosting two times of meditation via Zoom. The exact times have not yet been set, but I believe there will be one on Tuesday afternoons and one on Wednesday evenings. If you are interested in possibly joining, please let me know what time might work best for you. We will begin each session with a short reading to focus our intention. Then we will sit in silence for 20 minutes, and conclude with a time of conversation and spoken prayer. I anticipate these sessions being about an hour long, maybe less.
Let us rest in God together.
photograph: hyacinths, February 2019, San Leandro. Oh, the scent...
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