To Be Here Now

“Prayer can be a rhythm that helps us make sense in times of senselessness, not offering solutions, but speaking to and from the mystery of humanity.”― Pádraig Ó Tuama, Daily Prayer with the Corrymeela Community

“To be human is to be in the imagination of God, and the imagination is the source of integrity as well as cracks. To be born is to be born into a story of possibility, a story of failure, a story of imagination and the failure of imagination. To be born is to be born with the possibility of courage. Hello to courage.”― Pádraig Ó Tuama, In the Shelter: Finding a Home in the World

May you be fully human this day, everyday
Flaws, cracks and all, beauty too
Giving others the same grace and mercy too
It has been and is offered to all without condition or reserve
Change nothing but thoughts that keep you stuck in the past, fearful of the future
The work of love, a high calling in ordinary days
Holy ground we walk daily
Feel your feet on this ground
To be here now
Say hello to courage.

“May we find our foundation in the work of Love; demanding, tiring, true and human and holy.”― Pádraig Ó Tuama, Daily Prayer with the Corrymeela Community