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Sunday, 16 December 2012

Gathering


We used this call to gathering from the Iona Community at Morning Communion.  It touched us.

 Gather us in,
the lost and the lonely,
the broken and breaking,
the tired and the aching
who long for the nourishment
found at your feast

Gather us in
the done and the doubting,
the wishing and wondering,
the puzzled and pondering
who long for the company
found at your feast.

Gather us in
the proud and pretentious,
the sure and superior,
the never inferior,
who long for the levelling
found at your feast.
 
Gather us in
the bright and the bustling,
the stirrers, the shakers,
the kind laughter makers
who long for the deeper joys
found at your feast.
 
Gather us in
from corner or limelight,
from mansion or campsite,
from fears and obsession,
from tears and depression,
from untold excesses,
from treasured successes,
 
Gather us in
to meet, to eat,
be given a seat,
be joined to the vine,
be offered new wine,
become like the least,
be found at the feast. ©
 

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