Bold and daring

 The spirit of God is bold and daring.

Look at the apostles.

They huddled in a room, lost, alone, terrified.

Their master had just been crucified and buried.

Then the Holy Spirit came upon them.

They opened the door and went out preaching.

Fearlessly, fearing neither persecution nor death.

Or death of martyrdom.

And that is the spirit of God.

It lies in us, this same spirit.

It often lies dormant in us.

And we go through life buffeted by our ego self.

Suffering from constraints placed on us by upbringing, culture, society.

These keep us in invisible bonds, invisible fetters.

These prevent us from seeing who we truly are.

Sons and daughters of God.

With the God in us.

Awaken, oh God in us.

That we may see your face.

Seeing, we will always strive to live with you, in you.

A grain of sand on the immense seashore.

A drop of water in the immensity of the ocean.

A particle of you but nonetheless, as great as you.

For is the drop of water any different from the ocean of water?

It is one and the same.

Once you awaken in us.

It cuts through all that is put on us in life.

We break through, we shine through with your light, your splendor. your magnificence.

And like the new Pope Leo XIV, we will be that light.

Does he not shine on us?

Bringing us such joy and hope.

As we find ourselves celebrating him.

A gift to us during these hard times of fear and uncertainty.

As we look on the tranquility of his face,

Do we not experience that same peace?

As we look at the silence on his face,

Do we not also fall into silence?

Recognizing there is more to life than the material world.

That the real are what lies beneath the surface.

As he renounces a life of material success.

Do we not draw lessons from the same?

Recognizing there is more to life than success, money and fame.

As we look into his eyes, and see the depths there.

Do we not see the universe mirrored in his eyes?

A universe so vast and explored by the mystics, physicists, metaphysicians. 

By religion, spirituality and science.

There is no separation.

The spiritual and the secular science.

Both seek the truth of the Universe.

Both coming together to reveal the truth of the Universe,

Of the one indivisible God, felt and experienced by all.