Dear Friends,

 We hope that you are safe and well!

 Today's Meditation portrays Hafiz delighting with awe that "God's Heart resides in everything" and that "God, the Beloved is tending, raising up like a precious child, God's own life in you and me." It comes to us from Carmela Coughlan.

We invite you to join us as we commit ourselves to working tirelessly to end systemic and structural racism in our society, in healthcare, in the workplace, in the Church--wherever it shows up so that everyone may come to have more abundant life. May this meditation nourish our contemplative-active hearts and sustain all of us in action.

In the spirit of our philosophy of co-creating community and our awareness that the Spirit speaks through each of us, we invite you to share your meditations with us as well. We truly believe that in God’s economy of abundance, when we share our blessings, our thoughts, our feelings, we are all made richer.

We hope and pray that you and your loved ones experience genuine peace of mind and heart, and remain in good health during this challenging time.

As Spring comes to birth, may you find peace, healing, hope, and the infusion of joy in your life!

With our love and care,

Ron & Jean

MEDITATION 346: Hafiz: A ROOT IN EACH ACT AND CREATURE

The sun's eyes are painting fields again.

Its lashes with expert strokes

Are sweeping across the land.

A great palette of light has embraced

This earth.

Hafiz, if just a little clay and water

Mixed in His bowl

Can yield such exquisite scents, sights,

Music - and whirling forms -

What unspeakable wonders

must await with

The commencement of unfolding

Of the infinite number of petals

That are the

Soul.

What excitement will renew your body

When we all begin to see

That His heart resides in

Everything?

God has a root in each act and creature

That He draws His mysterious

Divine life from.

His eyes are painting fields again.

The Beloved with His own hands is tending,

Raising like a precious child,

Himself in

You.