A Message of Comfort and Hope

 

A Message of Comfort and Hope

Hello members and friends,

We are at a pivotal point in the United States of America. The last election has been decided and enough of us chose to side with love and progress instead of fear and regress. However, the road remains rough. The going will get tough and the hills may sometimes be hard to climb. That’s what the old hymn of the church says and it’s true. Know that your ministers are here with you to celebrate, comfort or console. If you need pastoral care, please DO NOT HESITATE to reach out to us at our email addresses:

As a UU I have grown to depend on rituals, prayer and meditation to ground me. I offer these words to you–to us–as comfort, faith, hope and love and invite you to read them aloud right now…

Spirit of Life, give us courage for such a time as this. I ask for good to continue to shine through. I ask that the higher angels prevail. That the new heavens and new earth continue to be manifest.

Great Spirit, sometimes we are weary and in need of strength. Console us, comfort us, and give us persevering power. Remind us that “weeping last for a night but joy comes in the morning”, as the psalmist wrote. We feel and see the winds of change. Remind us that love will prevail; that justice is love in action; that Dr. King we right, quoting our Unitarian ancestor William Cullen Bryant: “Truth crushed to earth will rise again” and “The arc of the moral universe is long but bends toward justice”, King quoting Unitarian Theodore Parker. This is a moment, Great Spirit. We are ready. Humanity is ready to progress.

To the God of many names; the god or no-god of your understanding; that “transient and permanent” power in the cosmos that continually teaches us how to dance with the ebbs and flows. We call upon you now in the name of love, justice, holiness, wisdom, truth, progress, and love. May it be so. Amen.

 

Blessings and love, UUCA

Rev. John