by Martha Ligas

O God beyond our limits of time,
In You all that has been and all that will be
converge in this moment.

There is only here.
There is only now.
There is only this breath.

So we breathe together this day,
Attentive to the way your Spirit moves here and now.
And in this pregnant moment,
We look back in awe
Towards all those who have come before us,
For those whose shoulders we stand on,
In the holy work of doing Your will.

We pray in gratitude for their wisdom,
their attentiveness, their creativity,
And their courage
to midwife the stirrings of your Spirit to birth.

And even as we stand in gratitude for all that has been,
We look forward in hope,
To all that has yet to come,
To all who have yet to listen,
To all the whispers of the Spirit we have yet to hear.
Because She is still speaking.

So together, inspired by all that has been
and with a firm hope in all that will become,
We listen now, in this moment, to our breath.
Knowing that it is the very breath of your Spirit,
Who speaks, even now.

Amen.