The Lord is
our shepherd who guides us and so we don't lack and never will lack anything. He
leads us to places of rest and care; and to drink waters of trust. He renews
our strength so we do not abandon the path of solidarity because it is there,
in our empathy with others where we honour his name.
Even though
we pass through polluted streets and places of possible contagions, we will not
fear any danger; because your divine presence helps us maintain the prudent
distance between tenderness and respect, and that inspires us with serenity and
confidence.
We will
share the table again, and the banquet and the party before the astonished gaze
of the empire of the viruses and of any empire that proposes death and
exclusion. We will fill our cups again until they overflow to toast for the new
worlds, already stripped of their greed and their thirst for power more aware
of being family, people and humanity.
Surely your
goodness and love will follow us every hour of each journey until we know how
to make this earth of yours a house in which we can all live, in our full and
rich diversity, with health, fullness, dignity, bread, shelter, work and
justice, forever. In Jesus’ name. Amen
