EVERYDAY GOD                      Words and Music 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…

Rev. 21: 5-7 

The One who sits on the throne said,

“Behold, I am making all things new! What I am saying is trustworthy and true.”   

That One continued, “It is finished.  I am the Alpha and the Omega, the Beginning and the End.   To those who are thirsty I will give drink freely from the springs of the water of life.  This is the rightful inheritance of those who overcome. I will be their God and they will be mine.”           

Happy New Year!  But in reality, what is finished? what is beginning?  Our life goes on in a circular fashion in Kairos time. As a Mobius strip is an eternal one sided circle of Christ-time, we are privileged to recognize the hand of God in the extraordinary and in the everydayness of our lives.

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 wrote of this as union/participation.  Jesus 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 to experience the new beginnings of everyday set before us.   

In the end, what matters is that we remain faithful to our call.  We seek the special guidance of the Spirit during this New Year. Let us keep that thirst we had from beginning which brought us here to live in communion with each other and Christ who is the light of our faith, the strength of our charity and the source of our hope.