David Carlson
607 Poetry and Announcements! Blessed be the there and then. Your kingdom come, O Lord. When?
Day 607 Friday, November 12, 2021
Blessed be the here and now
Blessed be the there and then
Your kingdom come, O Lord. When?
Blessed be the lettuce pickers
the wards and waifs
the overweight and underfed
the unnamed
the average the slandered
Blessed be the misunderstood
the latch-key kids
the shy
the shunned, the uncool
the stone-cold sober
the street sweepers
Blessed be the night shift
the unfriended
those who try
the drivers and delivery boys
the widows
the utterly forgiving
Blessed be the utterly forgiven
the bussers
the barren
the gunned down
the onlys and the singles
those who try again
Blessed be the addicts
The true believers
the doubters
the kind
the blue-sky-dreamers
the down-and-outers
Blessed be the last leaf on the tree
the parched and hollow
the seed sowers
the ardent seekers
those in second place
the commuters on the city bus
Blessed be the here and now
Blessed be the there and then
Your kingdom come, O Lord. When?
Blessed By Susan Delaney Spear
SUSAN DELANEY SPEAR is the author of the poetry collection Beyond All Bearing and co-author of Learning the Secrets of English Verse, a creative writing poetry text forthcoming from Springer, Int.
Sunday Liturgy Reminder:
We have a Celebration this Sunday. Steve Lyman asks that we watch a couple of brief videos prior to the liturgy
One is Joanna Macy addressing the Bioneers conference titled
The Hidden Promise of Our Dark Age.
The presentation by Joanna Macy starts at 6 minutes into the video
Here's the link:
https:///watch?v=vzmjF1jE2K0&t=407s
The second is Angeles Arrien speaking about
The Cornerstones of Wisdom, the Four-Fold Way.
Here is the link (please watch it before our Sunday celebration)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2kDRRBK95no
Announcement:Register for this conference today and tomorrow:
Nov 12-13 Theological Reflections by the authors of "Desire, Darkness, and Hope: Theology in a Time of Impasse - Engaging the Thought of Constance FitzGerald, OCD"
Nov 12
Contemplative Prayer and White Supremacy
Nov13 Toward a Spirituality of Racial Justice
Impasse and Climate Crisis
Promotional video:
Information & to Register (free):
https://www.baltimorecarmel.org/transforming-spirituality-in-a-time-of-plague/
Read her address, “From Impasse to Prophetic Hope: Crisis of Memory” to the Catholic Theological Society of America, Proceedings of the Sixty-fourth Annual Convention
Announcement:
Join us as we Celebrate and Honor the Recipients of the Peace & Justice Center of Sonoma County's Annual Awards
Join us as we Celebrate and Honor the Recipients of the Peace & Justice Center of Sonoma County's Annual Awards
About this online event
Date and time
Sat, November 13, 2021 7:00 PM – 9:00 PM PST Add to calendar
There is a donation tab on this webpage that serves as your RSVP. Click the green box that says: Tickets. You can donate any amount and the Zoom link for the Annual Awards presentation will be sent to you. (This is in lieu of purchasing a ticket for our usual in person event.) Please donate what you are able since this is our major fundraiser of the year. Thank you!
We greatly appreciate all the individuals and busineeses who donated items to our auction. Support the businesses that support the Peace & Justice Center. Be sure to visit our online auction at www.32auctions.com/PJCauction2021 The Annual Awards video features music by Violinist Kyle Craft accompanied by a pianist and also, Trumpet-player Joshua Bluegreen-Cripps accompanied by another pianist.
Please read about the Award recipients and their accomplishments in the October/November issue of the Peace Press at www.pjcsoco.org/peace-press