NOV. 28: The Empty Crib

As part of our Eucharist on Nov. 28 we created embodied prayer
with this lovely poem:

This crib is the waiting space of our emptiness.
This crib is the waiting space of our loneliness.
This crib is the waiting space of our longing.
This crib is the waiting space of our hunger and our desire
for intimacy
for justice
for truth
Come ,O Christ-child
into the cradle of our emptiness
into the crib of our loneliness
into the space of our longing,
into the arms of our hunger,
into the heart of our desire.
In this crib we are laying this cloth of our woven dreams and aspirations.
We are bringing the fabric of our lives:
many textured,
multi-colored,
torn, frayed and fragile,
yet tense with a strength woven out of conflice, laughter and tears.
Come, O Christ-child
Clothe yourself with the cloth of our humanity.
Wrap us in the your vulnerability, compassion and tenderness.
Come and live among us.

[from Praying Like a Woman, Nicola Slee]


A blessed Advent to all.
We will gather for a Christmas Yule Prayer Sing on Saturday December 26, 10:30am.
Lead by our director of song, Evelie Delfino Posch.