Slow Down the Communion Prayer

The Lord be with you.
And also with you.

Where are you right now?
In your favorite chair? on the bus? in a crowd?
Right there, God is.
The Holy swirls around and within.
Light emanates from the depths of the self you do not yet know.
The One who Is, Was and Evermore Shall Be is being in your being – one with you.
Sense that.

Lift up your hearts.
We lift them up to the Lord. 

Did you?
What does it feel like to lift up your heart?
If you don’t know, fill your lungs and watch your chest rise.
Inhale through your nose and let your chin lift from your neck.
Raise your gaze just a bit higher than the horizon.
Or close your eyes and drift into the dark mystery.
Make space, however you can, in heart, mind, and spirit. 

Let us give thanks to the Lord our God. 
It is right to give our thanks and praise. 

It is right, but not instead of wrong.
 It is right, but not for rule’s sake.
 It is right as in re-aligned and well-adjusted,
as life reconnects with Life,
creature with creator.
 Let something deep within you say a simple ‘yes’ to that.
Yes to God.
Yes to glory.
Yes to praise.
So give, receive, receive, give,
And let grow the hunger and thirst for more of this
Communion.