Blest Community

Blest Community

by Loretta F. Ross

O Most Holy Trinity
Undivided Unity,
teach us the gentle deference
of your dance of surrendered love
how with infinite tenderness
and utmost esteem
you so gently
adoringly
are present
to one another.

Teach us your perichoresis,

your grand circle dance,

where you eternally birth joy

from the womb of reverence.

Teach us your unending,

enfolding regard

for the pure holiness

you hold and behold.

You,

sweet breath and the lungs of creation,

eternally giving,

empty

and eternally receiving

are filled.

You release and bind,

but never push nor pull.

You hold accountable,

but never blame.

You incline yourselves to one another

as a grove of green willows

bending in the breeze

bowing to each other's grace

known and cherished

on the broad plain of mutuality.

Deepen our trust, O Blest Community,

that we may enter such intimacy.