From the Magnificat of Reconciliation – Miryam of N azareth bt Ann Johnson
You are the gentle one who reaches out in tenderness
from age to age
to caress with your hand the heads of those
who bend their necks.
With powerful arms you embrace each of us.
The proud hearts that we hold out to you,
you break and scatter.
You pull down the structures and fantasies with which we fortify ourselves,
and you teach us the simple things.
When we are hungry you fill us with good things.
When we are glutted you teach us patience
that we may come hungry to your table……
We remember your tenderness as we walk….
For you are Yahweh
in whom we trust.