By Lu Mountenay, archived

Hear, O my people of the church, I am Jesus Christ of whom you have sung and testified and in whose name you pray. I am the spirit of love and peace which is in the world and yet not known by the world.

You say, “Come, Holy Spirit, Come.”

I hear your invitation.
You welcome me…yet you don’t see.
I am already here.

Am I invisible? Then listen!
Am I so silent you do not hear me?
Do you feel me? Do you reveal me?
Do you know me, or have you closed your heart?

Evidence of me is all around—
that which my fingers have made,
that to which my breath has given life.
That which was once hidden, I now trace for your eyes.

When my Spirit touches you…touch me back.
If you cannot find me
grasp the holy hem, the fiber at my feet—
find Christ…it is here we meet.

In the soil, the water, the air—I am there.
So don’t invite me…Invite others to me.
I am present, attentive, waiting, rapt.
I am home…in you. Be home in me.

Prayer Phrase

“Creation itself will be set free” (Romans 8:21).

Spiritual Practice

Holy Attention

Spend a few moments paying attention wherever you are. Notice what draws your focus surrounding you. Look more closely at detail and color. Notice what pulls or prods within you. How is the God-in-all-things speaking to you through what you see and feel right here, right now?

Today’s Prayer for Peace

Engage in a daily practice of praying for peace in our world. Click here to read today’s prayer and be part of this practice of peace.