April 23--Love Our Mother

Yes, I'm a day late on Earth Day.

This is a song, "Weep for the World," by Brian McLaren. You can listen to him perform it here. 

Let us weep for the world
being broken apart
by humans,
foolish humans.
Let us grieve the desecration
of forest and stream,
of glacier and ocean and humans,
like us.

Let us be mindful of the children,
being born today,
in a world torn apart
by humans.
Let us show our children
a more excellent way
to walk on the earth and be human,
truly human.

Let us love this world
we’ve been breaking apart
and let our love bring wholeness.
And let us love one another
with a compassionate heart
for it is love that makes us human, human.

Let us weep for the world
We are breaking apart,
so we can love it back
to wholeness.
Let our hearts be stretched
by great sorrow and love,
so they will never contract
to being less than human.

Our magnificent Mother delighting us...
Astronomy Picture of the Day, April 19, 2023
by Juan Carlos Casado