September Prayer

Monday September 5 2022

Silent one,
May we pause.
Forget words
And find the moment,
Deep enough
That needs no words,
No sound,
No ‘fill’;
Just the raw holiness
Of us,
As we are.

May we lay down the masks of praise,
And thanksgiving,
And confession:
The patterns we habitually use,
And fall into the mystery that visits us
When the chatter and rambling is done,
And we have nothing left to say.

And discover we need say nothing.

Just be in you.

Silently.

(Pause)

Without words,
We do not draw attention to ourselves.
Silence is patient,
Timeless.
The longer it is
The deeper we go,
Leaving behind rules,
Words,
Formulas,
Scattered across the traditions of our life.

Silently.

(Pause)

A place of honesty,
Where we have only trust,
And hope,
And love to hold us.

There,
May we meet,
And wait in each other’s presence,

Silently…
Daringly…
Patiently…
Gracefully…

(Pause)

And when the amen comes,
May it be the sound of a new beginning.