A Morning Intention from the teachings of Cynthia Bourgeault

In this hour between darkness and dawn,

when the shell fractures and new life pushes into light,

grant me eyes to see the breaking-through as well as the breaking.

Let trust recognize the birth canal,

crossing boundaries I thought were fixed.

As fear names every crisis a threat,
and control reaches for what it cannot hold,

let the reconciling discover what becomes possible.


The mystics knew: the kingdom has already spread.

The map points, but I must walk the territory.


May I stand still in the center of the storm,
where time no longer passes but gathers into attention.

Origin pulsing, ever-present—
the future ripening in what I already am.

May I recognize it.

Amen

— William Britten

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