05/11/2020
This Mother’s Day we acknowledged our genderfull God’s feminine nature with a meditation on this image of Mother and Child of Kibeho by iconographer William Hart McNichols and prayer of the same name by :
Sweet Mother of the universe,
Enfold me in the circle of your unconditional love.
I am prepared to be adored, Mother.
I have set down the burdens of self-recrimination and self-righteousness
And reach freely for you now.
Lift me from the illusion
That I am in charge of the world.
Lift me from anguish
Of separation from my source.
Life me from my isolation and weariness.
I take refuge in your kiss,
The universal kiss
That transfigures the heart of humanity,
Renewing and revivifying us,
So that, blessed and well-loved, we may love and bless all that is.