Tuesday, March 6, 2007

It is all holy


To breathe, to laugh, to curse, to weep, to sit in the midst of perfect order, to stand in the center of perfect chaos, to break bread, to eat three strawberries, to touch a piano's keys, to kiss a lover's skin, to birth, to baptize, to bless, to bury, to live, to die - either it is all holy, or none of it is holy.
And this is what I know.
It is all holy.
-Mary Cartledgehayes Grace: A Memoir

7 comments:

Teri said...

ooooh, I like this...

Unknown said...

Nice, and I love the strawberries, too.
I'm praying today for Small Church in its time of transition, the interim minister having just gotten started there this past week. Things are going well for me, and it's my prayer things will also go well for them.

Mary Beth said...

praying for SC.

love the poem.

please pray for the Rivera family, the father was killed in a construction accident. They have no money and no hope. Their son is a student of my sister's.

Jennifer Garrison Brownell said...
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Jennifer Garrison Brownell said...

God in your mercy
Hear our prayers.

smkyqtzxtl said...

Even burying a ministry is holy :{ But it hurts

Anonymous said...

This is wonderful. Thanks

prayers being said for churches - interim and otherwise.

and the Rivera family. May they have hope and a future