Mama Monday #75

 

Lord Jesus, Living Christ;

You are the doctor who gathers up the wounded,

You are husband, father, and brother. You are the Good Shepherd.

You are the friend of women and children and the refuge of fools and sinners.

You are the servant of servants. You are the first and last.

You are the master to whom all things are possible and in whom there is no longer anything to fear.

You are a little child, yet also the eternal Word in whom all things dwell.

You are Mary’s mystery and Joseph’s dream. You are my all in all.

You are the balm of broken hearts and the master of the house.

You are the speaker and the listener.

You are midwife to all souls and tender mother to all broken hearts.

You are the one with the Father and you are King David’s heir.

Your love is beyond measurement and your being is divine.

You are the suffering one who understands our human loneliness, brokenness, and betrayals.

You are the weeping one who agonizes in prayer, alone. You are one and you are the many.

You are the resurrection and the life.

You are bread and wine. You are sacrament and you are divine.

You are water-walker and wind-calmer. You are soul-doctor and Spirit-breather.

You release captives and command demons.

You are the lord of angels and ruler of the cosmos.

You are flesh and blood, but also Spirit and truth. 

You are faith, hope, and love. You are tears, sweat, and blood.

You are time and no-time. You are space and beyond space.

You are infinity and particle. You are consciousness and beyond. You are matter and energy.

You are no longer on the cross. You are ascended to higher realms.

You are priest for the nations and prophet for human transformation.

You are. You have been. You shall be.

You are this and so much more, and in you I shall live.

Amen.

-Peter Traben Haas, Centering Prayers