Summer turns now towards Autumn. Let us hear the chorus of life resounding as one.†
The autumnal equinox arrives in just a few days. Let us hear the chorus of life resounding as one.
We enter the time of the final harvest; the land yields up its final fruits. Let us hear the chorus of life resounding as one.
Already the leaves are beginning to change, beginning to dot New England lawns and meadows with small bursts of red, orange and yellow. Let us hear the chorus of life resounding as one.
Glorious late summer days, we know, will give way to autumn’s wind and frosty mornings, its cold rain, its barren fields. Let us hear the chorus of life resounding as one.
We need to hear this chorus of life. We need to hear it in uncertain times. We need to hear it when the future of our nation is unclear. We need to hear it when our politics and our society are racked by division and mean-spiritedness, separation and demonization.
We need to hear this chorus of life. We need to hear it when the future of our planet is unclear. We need to hear it amidst the news of floods and draughts, fires and storms larger than any we’ve seen before. We need to hear it amidst dire predications of environmental calamity that may or may not be true. We need to hear it amidst efforts to ignore and discredit valid scientific data.
We need to hear this chorus of life resounding as one. As we hear it, may we find strength.
As we hear it, may we feel peace.
As we hear it, may we garner hope.
As we hear it, may we grow in our faith.
As we hear it, may learn, once again, to love.
The chorus of life, resounding as one. As we hear it, may we remember who we are at our core, intimately related to each other, to all of humanity, to all of life, to our siblings the planets, to our parents the stars, to our grandparents the galaxies, to our ancient ancestor, the vast universe. The chorus of life resounding as one.
Let us hear. Let us hear. Let us hear.
Amen and Blessed Be.
† “The chorus of life resounding as one” is borrowed from Scott, Jim, “Gather the Spirit” Singing the Living Tradition (Boston: Beacon Press and the UUA, 1993) #347.
