Presence 3: Arts That Inspire Reflection & PrayerSample

Everything We Bring 

Everything we bring To this place Finds a place here 

Every case that we carry can be consigned here Every load we are lifting can be left Every secret we are slaves to can be spoken here Every terror that torments us can be told. 

There is room here for anguish 

For the agony of abandonment There is ground here for grieving For the weeping wounds of loss 

In this circle of safety
At this fireside of faith
There is space for story and song There is room for revelation and renewal Here is hope
And healing
Here is forgiveness
And freedom
Here is connection
And correction
And coming to our senses
At this source
Whose depths are never ending This river
That will never run dry
At this table
Whose banquet of abundance Knows no bounds 

No wrong
Is too wrong
To be righted here
No tragedy too twisted
To be turned
For everything we bring
To this place
Finds a place here
And every load we are lifting can be left 

By Gerard Kelly