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Monday, December 26, 2016

Day After

We bloomed in Spring
Our bodies are the leaves of God

The apparent seasons of life and death
Our eyes can suffer;

But our souls, dear, I will just say this forthright:
they are God
Himself

We will never perish
Unless God
Does
St. Teresa of Avila

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O Lord
for many the celebration is over
the trees are looking dry and tired
the presents are opened
the food consumed

and already people begin
to turn away from the season
(although strictly speaking there are 12 days to celebrate)
and

perhaps

from one another too,
as families scatter
that momentary togetherness gone

off to their offices
or to their rooms
(that new drone calls)

how quickly O Beloved
we turn back into our daily lives
how quickly too
we lose our sense of you

that sense of presence
which is, after all
what the season is all about

You with us
Real
Palatable

How quickly O Beloved
we return to fear
and all that goes with it

without remembering
that You are with us always
we participate in you
(or you in us, I am never sure)

You are birthed in us
and we are never alone

Help us to remember
that though the unreality of Christmas is over
the reality of Christmas
remains

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