Eternal Listener, give heed to Your people, You, who dwell amidst the angels, Shine forth into the heart of All nations! Enliven your people with compassion That peace and justice Might flourish. Restore us, O Holy One; Let your face shine upon us, Teach us to love.
~ Nan Merrill from "Psalm 80, Verse 1" in PSALMS FOR PRAYING
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The experience of love is the most fulfilling and important experience we can have, the highest of all values. Sometimes we need to be shocked out of our complacency and indifference to know the reality, the centrality, of love. Without becoming passive, we can stop resisting and submit to Love. We begin to see the ínfinite power of Love as the greatest cause in the universe, and little by little we begin to serve it. Eventually, we begin to see that even a bitter drink is sweet when it is from the Beloved.