Downside Up Together by Sr. Ann Hayden

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Downside Up Together

Each and every day,
We are invited to stand downside up, reaching
For the promise of new life grounded in faith like
…Seed planted in rich soil
…Bounty based in bonding self to self
…Grace grown out of giving away
…Blessing blooming in the merciful dregs of justice
…New life lifted up, rising out of dark, unguarded tomb

Each and every day,
We are amazed by
…The story of God’s transforming power throughout the universe
We see the earth’s creative energies
…In elements of nature and genes of ancestry
We re-tell the history of human mind and skill
…Turned toward art, ritual, story and communal fire
We hear the upending words of Jesus
…In parable, sermon, and spirit
We witness
… The ever-new transfiguration of the promise of life

Each and every day
We are called to walk
… A narrow road, a common way
We are sent forth to grow holy family
…Faithful in word and ever-forgiving heart
We are gathered to form community
…Abundant in mutual care, peace and overflowing love
We are counted among the communion of saints
…Eternal in the ever-near presence of God’s living Love.

Maybe one day, as
…we are reminded not to be afraid and to put our trust in God
…we ask each other to stand together in an upside-down-world
…we accept who we are as children of God
We will truly come to live each and every today knowing that God trusts us
We will know that God trusts us with All of God
We will know that God invites us to cling to each other in trust.
We will know that, more than our faith, our hope and our love, the greatest is God’s trust in us.


Ann Hayden, MM
May 6, 2020

“What God does first and best and most is to trust God’s people with their moment in history. God trusts them to do what must be done for the sake of the community.” 
Walter Brueggeman

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