Attend and Remember-Lord Have mercy

What is great and true and beautiful is not far away.
It is already here in everything, 
In the flowers, the plants, the trees, the birds, 
Even here in me.
The great force of nature is all here together.
Even in the rocks and stones 
And in the air and the sky.
And all of it is a single note in a song that spans the galaxy 
And says, I am.

I am the Lord, it sings.
and I say in response,

Hear my prayer,
Help me to become open to dwell in this new emptiness of being 
So that your goodness flows into me 
And your truth is known again
In this new attention within me.
Lord, hear my prayer.


Every molecule in my body begins to point towards Thee.
Every cell is listening
Every breath is attentive.
Today,
I hope to remember to come back to the stillness 
And the silence of this goodness
That lies at the heart of creation.

To remember to come back
And touch the heart of Being 
And to give thanks again and again 
For this life,
This truth,
This great prayer that flows into everything.
And celebrates the truth of being itself.

I live on the edge of joy.
I live filled with your presence.
I give thanks in every moment.

For the opportunity to be here,
To live,
To love,
To make a new effort of relationship in my life,

To overcome the negative thoughts and impulses I have
And to look forward into a new dawn 
Where hope and love fill my action in every moment.
And I do my best to manifest the good 
Which you have given so generously to everything that exists.

I wish to be baptized in the waters of your peace.
Help me to attend and to remember.

Lord have mercy.