21st Sunday after Pentecost, Year B
I feel alone,
no one can help,
no one hears.
I feel abandoned,
separate in time and space
and yet I know you are all around.
You are always there for humanity,
listening, speaking,
giving knowledge and wisdom,
but I feel cut off,
feel less than human,
separate from all that is.
I feel mocked by the beauty of the world
and misunderstood by those who think life easy.
You know me better than I know myself,
I am part of creation, part of you
and yet you seem distant, unreachable.
My enemies are all around,
prowling like predators
and I am falling apart.
Death seems near.
Then from within my despair
I recognise my need;
from giving voice to my separation
I sense my oneness.
With understanding comes restoration,
I feel my soul once more in your presence,
and I will proclaim your praise to all people.
Let all humanity hear and respond,
the eternal source of all being is with us always,
we are one,
and in oneness is justice,
in oneness is love for all
and no one has need.
Praise God, source of all being,
our partner in creation
and in whom we have our life.
Let us tell of this knowledge
and share this understanding
with all who follow.
In the eternal source is all meaning and life.
Photo: ‘Dark valley’, Watched Word by John Potter, UK
