Religious Education and Social Justice

Springtime

 

Springtime is a great season full of color and fresh beauty as it blooms. We celebrate the transition as the weather changes and we can begin to enjoy the outdoors.

 

Spring is a metaphor for change. Some changes we eagerly await, and some we abhor. Some changes we plan and others arrive uninvited. All these changes are a gift from God beckoning us with expectation, hope, and rebirth.

 

The sunlight and the rain are reminders that God is at work renewing the earth. As a God of renewal, he is ever at work in our lives, too. Lets's open our eyes and lives to the needed changes in our lives this Spring. Awaken us to new life and perspective.

 

Springtime Prayer

As the earth once again turns to face the sun

we rejoice in this season of spring.

We give thanks, O God,

that each day grows longer in light

and that the earth has been liberated from the grip of winter.

 

We remember the resurrection of Your Son Jesus

from the depths of death's decay in the tomb,

we lift our hearts to You in gratitude.

We thank You for the gift of a day and all the graces it holds.

We ask for the grace, O God, to live in a new way.

 

Grant us fresh dreams and new visions.

May this day come upon us like Spring herself,

so that our hearts may be filled with hope.

May we thus taste more deeply the joys of simply being alive.

May we find the countless hidden treasures that You have scattered throughout this day and season!

 

May Your peace rest upon all the members of the earthen family with whom You have made us one.

Amen.

 

Wishing everyone a very safe and happy holiday as we renew and rejuvenate ourselves after a very busy term!

 

Jane Wilkinson

Religious Education Leader