Reflection from our Co-Pastors
August 17, 2021
Mary of Nazareth Sings to us today!
Continuing our celebration of Mary of Nazareth that we began with the Feast of the Assumption on Sunday, this prayer is offered as a prayer of Mary of Nazareth in the 21st Century
Magnificat of Friendship
My soul flowers in the light of your love, my God,
and my spirit sings Alleluia in the reality of your joyful presence,
because you have chosen my kinswoman and me
with the summons of your eyes.
Yes, we are known now and for all time. We are known as women,
blessed.
Holy is your name.
The tenderness of your hand rests on us as we journey in your way.
Your power in my life has led me into the embrace of loving arms.
You have exposed my lonely pride that I might turn my head to your
nurturing breast.
You have revealed the hollowness of achievements and have opened in
my heart a space filled with simple, loving moments.
My hunger you have satisfied,
my excess you have ignored.
You are my help as I remember your tender love for me,
. . .for we have touched each other you and I
and we have made promises. . .
I remember your tenderness for all that you have begun in me
and in those with whom I walk
and I respond with all that I am becoming
in this hour and in all times to come.
-- by Ann Johnson, from Miryam of Nazareth.
May our souls flower today and bring joy to everyone we see! Alleluia!
