Days of Hope

Sunday Collect – March 6, 2022

Dana Aldis, Cerebon Sun

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COLLECT

A recap/summary of the week’s prayers and contemplations

TUESDAY
We examined hope in the observation of link

WEDNESDAY
We offered blessings of beatitudes for our planet inspired Laudato sí, and we offered a doxology for humanity. 

THURSDAY
We found hope in the ashes and in the dust.

FRIDAY
We stood in wonder of the evidence of hope brimming over in the multiverse. 

SATURDAY 
We looked back through our week, searching for hope. 

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PRAXIS

I noticed that I don’t breath when I’m in that thin space between stress and despair. And because I don’t breath like a I should, my body has suffocated and broken down. I’m relearning how to fill my body is the air of hop. Self-care—and even love—requires great deep inhales and exhales. 

How’s your breathing? Do you need to take a deep breath?

Here’s how: Calm – Take a Deep Breath 

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THE LORD’S PRAYER

By William L. Wallace, The Boundless Life Collection 

O God of sky and God of Earth,
We honor your presence
Within us and beyond.

As we eat may we share your gifts
Of hope and compassion
With all the life of Earth.

Give us, O God, forgiving hearts
Affirming each other
With humor and with grace.

May we grow beyond narrow needs
To join in the spreading
Of just and loving peace.

You greet us here and everywhere,
In moments of oneness
And spaces of delight.

To all this we now say “Amen”,
Your song is our anthem,
Your dance our cosmic joy.