We still inhabit the universe together
and are tied together in a Love that cannot come untied
-Martha Hickman
Quotes & Readings from Devin's Celebration of Life
My spirit stirs with wonder
As God slips -
Almighty presence -
Into this domain of solitude
And deeply, deeply enters
Every crevice and corner.
Gently, imperceptibly
Holds my soul suspended
In God's mighty silence.
-Edwina Gately
Oh god of many names
Lover of all people
Give peace in our hearts
in our lives
in our homes
in our community
Between our religions in the world, in the universe
The peace of our need
The peace of your will.
HUG O' WAR
I will not play at tug o' war
I'd rather play at hug o' war
Where everyone hugs
Instead of tugs
Where everyone giggles,
and rolls on the rug
Where everyone kisses,
and everyone wins.
-Shel Silverstein
Where the Sidewalk Ends
It was here in this great green cathedral that you surprised and captured me
It was here, so young, so naive, And so ready to love.
That you stole from your shadows
Upon me and clasped me
Your whisper echoing from the great stone pillars,
Rushing past the row of angels' wings
And reaching from the sacred altar.
Yes, it was here, Here that you broke through your splendid fortress
And bent to kiss and claim an amazed and wondering child
Prayer for Peace
Be generous in prosperity, and thankful in adversity.
Be fair in our judgment, and guarded in our speech.
Be a lamp unto those who walk in darkness, and a home to the stranger.
Be eyes to the blind, and a guiding light unto the feet of the erring.
Be a breath of life to the body of humankind, a dew to the soil of the human heart, and a fruit upon the tree of humility.
Amen.
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