“The Great Change of Heart”

Rev. Jeffrey Symynkywicz, October 5, 2008

Just as the new morning dawns--
just as the sun rises—

just as the Hand of God transforms
the night to day, and darkness into light--
so the sun can rise in us, in each and all of us:

New light can shine,
in the golden glow of our great change of heart,

and we can be made new,

one sunbeam at a time.

A conversion that does not asks us
to forsake who we are;
nor to launch a holy war against
our bodies, minds, and senses;
but which invites us,
sometimes gently, sometimes decisively,
to join in life’s great feast
and take our places
in the ministry of love.

A conversion which calls us away
from quick fix gratification
and worldly success,
to a deeper realm of the Spirit
where every thing means everything;
whose road is not easy,
but whose burdens are light
and whose hope is supreme.

So the light rises slowly,
within and without:
not casting away the darkness,
but illumining it;
leading us to discover at last
the miracle of our inner mystery;
the wonders that lies inside us;
ever redeeming the darkness of our souls
with the healing touch of light and life.

jbs
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