Be Better

We want to understand

We know you have a rationale but

We don’t need that explanation,

Not anymore. 

We just want you to stop.  

This is cruel and brutal.  

There can be no justification

For what you are doing. 

It may no longer matter who hit who first

Or who is more sinned against than sinning. 

Be better. 

Amen

Blessing for the Lunar Month of Adar

It is told to us

That it was on the first day of Adar 

That Moses and God released

The ninth plague,

Darkness,

When no one could see

What was right in front of them.  

It is also told to us

That though this month begins in sorrow,

It ends in joy.

Purim!

When evil people plotted our demise

But we killed them instead. 

I don’t see the joy in that, myself. 

Blessed HaMavdil,

The one who divides,

Creating holiness with separation,
Dividing time into months with the moon,

Reminding us that everything waxes and wanes. 

Amen

Looking for The Holy

 

Blessed Sacred Mystery,

We search for the holy amidst pain 

And memories of pain. 

We touch the divine with our bodies. 

We feel the threats of violence and

We give thanks if we are alive and whole. 

Bless those who are safe. 

We fear for those in danger. 

We mourn for those who are dead or injured.

Bless those who are not safe. 

We must help if we can.

Perhaps that is where we will find

The holy.  

Amen