Breath of God

Thich Nhat Hanh often mentions Jesus, and Christianity.  One of his favorite Christian legends involves St. Francis.  In the middle of winter St. Francis calls out to an almond tree, “Speak to me of God!” and the almond tree breaks into bloom.  It comes alive.

What is God all about?  Life!

How do we bear witness to God?  By aliveness?

What is the source of this life?  Breath, our breath, but also the breath of God, which we call the Spirit.

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From the beginning Lord, it has been all about breath

You breathed life into the universe

You breathed life into the human

And through the ages the breath of the Spirit has blown

It has parted seas

And inspired prophets

It breathed the Sacred into Mary

And spoke through John the Baptist

It lifted Christ to the Cross

And filled the disciples at Pentecost

It blew Paul across the world

setting it aflame with the Sacred

Since the beginning

The Breath

Has enlivened people

Since the beginning

It has been the source of understanding

And compassion

Healing

And restoration

This Sunday as your people gather

May we not close the windows and doors of our hearts

But may we be open

And may the Spirit

Blow

Breathe on us

Breath of God