Do you really not know

Do you really not know who I am

Is your heart not ablaze at my voice

Lift your eyes from their mirror of fear

Let the promise I made you be true

Is your heart not ablaze at my voice

Love seeks to be truly embraced

Let the promise I made you be true

And the song of the heavens ring out

Love seeks to be truly embraced

In the silence, the soul touches soul

And the song of the heavens ring out

Star speaks to star in bright silvered light

In the silence, the soul touches soul

In the longing you don't know you know

Star speaks to star in bright, silvered light

O come and be part of the making

In the longing you don't know you know

Lift your eyes from their mirror of fear

O come and be part of the making

Do you really not know who I am

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Corpus Christi

Given, helpless
Sticky with blood
Slippery with sweat
Enfolded into his mother.
First words; first steps:
Giggles and tickles;
Sneezes and coughs;
Tears, hiccups.
Body of Christ

Falls from trees
Scraped knees, bloody noses;
Splinters, ‘too hot!’ burns;
Nettlerash, pimples;
Dirt ingrained in fingerprint whorls
Calluses, bitten nails
Blistered shoulders
Slipped chisel scars
Body of Christ

Face of a wanderer
Laughter lines etched deep
Leathered skin
Speaking of Love
Giving peace with a kiss
Courage with a word
Sharing of Body and Blood
Food for the journey
Body of Christ

Surrendered
Agonised flesh
Tortured, tormented,
Defiled, pierced
Given, helpless
Sticky with blood
Slippery with sweat
Enfolded into his Father
Body of Christ

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Reflection Psalm 89

I was one voice, Lord

Singing your faithfulness and your compassion

A song that repeated my own heart

‘I will love you always’.

The heavens caught the air

Stars bursting with melody across the skies

The metre marking light speed

In praise of Love eternal.

As above, so below

The rhythm of Earth’s lifeblood throbbed.

The cadence of the tides

Love’s own heartbeat.

The compass of the Universe turned

Drawing harmony and counterpoint together

Creation wove the score in rainbow shades

A celestial symphony.

Magnificent, but too much

I am just one voice in this song of the spheres

And all so far above me

I have lost my place.

Only a sigh, Lord

But a remembering of where we first met

In the pause between breaths

In the rest of a heartbeat.

That is where you are, Lord

The music refined by the mystery of your Presence

Your song to me in the spaces between

‘Always, I will love you’.

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Psalm 23 Reflection

You care for me as a shepherd for a lamb;

Finding fields of  fragrant clover;

Pools of clear water;

A haven for my soul.

With You I walk in ways of truth.

Death holds no fear for me;

Depths of despair will not bind me;

For you have not left me alone;

You guard me with weapons of truth and justice.

You feed me with the Bread of Life;

Despite those who rage against me;

Blessed by your Love;

I can ask for no more.

Every day of my life is filled with You;

My resting place in Your arms

Forever.

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Pass it on

As the Father sent me, 

so I am sending you –

Pass it on.
As the Father loves me, 

so, indeed, do I love you – 

Pass it on.

The Kingdom's not another place 

It’s  another frame of mind, 

Go and proclaim
Go and show
Go and tell

Go and do

Go and live forever

In my name

Pass it on

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Litany for the Unworthy

Litany for the Unworthy

Lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world

have mercy on us

We who demand to be fed

We who listen but do not understand

We who would have followed the crowd

We who would have ran away

We who have the answers

We who do not show mercy

We who do not say thank you

We who know better

We who define you

We who can only go so far

We who betray you

We who cage you

We who do not see you

We who love you

Have mercy on us

And let our hearts be broken

Let our hearts be broken

By the generosity of your love 

By the humility and obedience of your kingship

By the injustice and cruelty of your sacrifice

By the knowledge of your innocence

Let our hearts be broken 

so that through our wounds 

you may enter

And take away our sin

Amen