Easter blessings! We invite you to pray and reflect upon
this reading by Joyce Rupp which served as our prayer after Communion at the
Easter Vigil.
Awaken Me (by Joyce
Rupp)
Risen One,
come, meet me
in the garden of my life.
Lure me into elation.
Revive my silent hope.
Coax my dormant dreams.
Raise up my neglected gratitude.
Entice my tired enthusiasm.
Give life to my faltering relationships.
Roll back the stone of my indifference.
Unwrap the deadness in my spiritual life.
Impart heartiness in my work.
Risen One,
send me forth as a disciple of your unwavering love,
a messenger
of your unlimited joy.
Resurrected One,
may I become
ever more convinced
that your presence lives on,
and on, and on,
and on.
Awaken me!
Awaken me!
(Taken from Out of the Ordinary, copyright 2000 by Joyce Rupp. Used
by permission of Ave Maria Press. All rights reserved.)
One of the ways in which Jesus rises to new life in us is in our
community. We give each other hope, when any one of us runs thin on
hope. We lighten each other's load, by walking together and helping in
any way we can. We invite you to come and "awaken with us" as we
contemplate in prayer and move with justice at The Spirit of Life.
Through our time of prayer and sharing together, we work together to grow in
our self-understanding and in our relationships with God and with God's people.
We celebrate the gift of our faith and the responsibility that is ours as
followers of Jesus Christ. It is our prayer that what we as a
community experience in our praying together will overflow into the rest of our
lives, making us more fully human and more 'whole'....holy! We invite
you to join us in this endeavor and journey with us as we seek to grow in our
love of God and to grow in our capacity to be living expressions of God's
loving peace and justice in our world.
May you be blessed with a deepening awareness of Christ's presence
within you....in your life...and may you be strengthened to be that Presence in
our world.
Jean & Ron