The Eucharistic Life: Living with a Joy that's Real in the Present Moment

"We don't have to go far to find the treasure we are seeking. There is beauty and goodness right were we are. And only when we can see the beauty and goodness that are close by can we recognize beauty and goodness on our travels far and wide..."
-Henri J.M. Nouwen

The Sower (Vincent van Gogh)
 

The Little Promises of Spring

 For the blue that emerges from winter’s gray skies
And the warming of yearning for eternity lifting in our hearts

We give you thanks, Father-Righteous One

 For the winds that fall hard, blowing out the old dust
And the planting of little seeds of promise in our songs

 We give you thanks, Jesus-Risen One

 For the breaking of green through the iron earth
And the dawning hope of resurrection within us

We give you thanks, Spirit-Renewing One

For the birth of small creatures and the conception of vision
In the clear young morning of a new creation-
Within our lives and around the world today:
Thank you for your risen life.
Thank you for life rising.

We give you thanks for another Springtime of the Soul-
Father, Son, and Spirit Holy.
Amen.

(David Morrison)