Our Common Humanity
“I will sing unto the Lord as long as I live.”
Written within the soul of humanity are numerous songs of faith to the divine. Today we take a moment to remember the common humanity we share with billions-- billions who have gone before us and with billions yet to be born. To help us in our praying today, we turn to a prayer from the Aztec Indians:
“Mother of gods, father of gods, Ancient God,
A mere appendage of this realm, a common man, has come.
He/she comes crying, he/she comes in sadness, he/she comes with guilt.
Perhaps he/she has slipped, perhaps he/she has stumbled
Perhaps he/she has touched the bird of evil, the spider’s web, the tuft of thorns:
It wounds his/her heart, it troubles him/her.
“Master, Lord, ever present, ever near,
Take the pain from him, from her: hear the pain of this common man.”
A prayer: God be with me as I interact with others today. Amen.
--Ben Keckler
04.27.10
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