Easter Grace, 2016
I know what rises from an acorn or bulb:
Beauty and a strength that parts the earth
in a need to reveal itself, to offer itself,
in the midst of the chaos, violence, and political uncertainty
of our world;
Beauty and strength that trumpets Glory! and Alleluia!
because it must.
What then, rises from a Love that cannot die?
From a Love that says Yes and
A love that seeks and stays, and says Always
and says Everywhere?
The complete love that says Do this and Remember me,
follow, serve, be broken open, welcome, accept,
lay down your life, take up your cross…RISE.
follow, serve, be broken open, welcome, accept,
lay down your life, take up your cross…RISE.
Bless our meal that by this nourishment
we might live into this rising, together…
Kimberly M. King, RSCJ
Consider the Lilies 