EVERYDAY GOD

Everyday God  by Bernadette Farrell

Earth’s creator,                       God of laughter…

    Everyday God                       God of sorrow…
Loving Maker                             Home and shelter…
      O Jesus,                                    Strong and patient…
You who shaped us
          O Spirit,                         Way of freedom…

Recreate us.                               Star of morning…

           Come be with us.              Timeless healer…
                                                        Flame eternal…

In your presence…

   We are gathered…                  Word of gladness…

       You have called us…               Word of mercy…

         To restore us…                        Word of friendship…

                                                            Word of challenge…

Life of all lives…

    Love of all loves…                 Gentle Father…
      Hope of all hopes…                 Faithful brother…

        Light of all lights…                  Tender sister…

                                                            Loving mother…

In our resting…

    In our rising…                        Our beginning…
       In our hoping…                       Our unfolding…

        In our waiting…                        Our enduring…

                                                              Journey’s ending…

In our dreaming…

    In our daring…                       Alleluia…

       In our searching…                 Now and always…

          In our sharing…                     Alleluia…

                                                            Through all ages…

 

 

Reading: I am making all things new.  I saw a new heaven and a new earth; for the first heaven and the first earth had passed away.  And I saw the holy city, the new Jerusalem come down out of heaven from God, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband.  I heard a loud voice say, “See, the home of God is among you.  God will dwell with you and you will be God’s people.’  Then the one who was seated on the throne said, ‘The Spirit and the bride say “Come” And let everyone who hears say ‘Come.’  Let everyone who is thirsty come and I will give water as a gift from the spring of life.   The grace of the Lord Jesus be with all God’s people.  Amen.  Come Lord Jesus! Amen.     see-Rev.21-22

This marks our first month anniversary of sharing the monastery with the sisters of the Carmel of the Incarnation.  The first heaven, Esopus, has passed away, it is finished.   Here, in this monastery, is a new heaven, a new beginning for all of us.   But in reality, what is finished? what is beginning?  Our life goes on in a circular fashion in Kairos time. We tend to recognize the hand of God in the extraordinary times of our lives but God is truly an Everyday God present in the little everyday events of our life.  That is where abundant redemption is found and shared. 

Our contemplation sees into the heart of the everyday and sees the hand of God creating, supporting, forgiving, guiding, healing and loving us at every turn.   Jesus became incarnate to participate in our everyday lives so as to give us an example of how much God loves us and how we in turn should love one another.  It is in the everyday moments of our lives that we become the hand of God creating, supporting, guiding, forgiving, healing, loving.  It is all the little things we do that when put together expresses the wholeness of our life and we become the Incarnate Body of Christ in today’s world; a radiant witness to God’s love.   

Celeste speaks of this as union/participation.  As Jesus once said to Celeste, “You shall possess my joy by your participation in my love.”  This participation is accomplished when we follow the Wayfarer with open hearts; letting go of the familiar to experience this ‘new heaven’ before us.  So let us joyfully live in constant communion with each other and Christ who is the light of our faith, the strength of our charity and the source of our hope that we may follow with confidence as Viva Memorias of this new heaven and new earth.