Written by John Mogabgab (1946-2014), founding editor of Weavings: A Journal of the Christian Spiritual Life. This is an excerpt from the Editor’s Introduction of Weavings in 2000.
Tears of grief and tears of joy often mingle together in a single moment of enhanced vision, endowing us with new eyes that discern traces of the God who suffers with us silently in the pure vulnerability and power of divine love. There is comfort in such tears. They bring fresh understanding that God is nearby, sharing to the full our humanity in all its bitterness and blessedness.
Prayer:
Today’s prayer is a collect from the Church of England. A collect is a set form of prayer that brings together our thoughts on a matter.
Lord Jesus Christ,
may the tears shed in your earthly life
be balm for all who weep,
and may the prayers of your pilgrimage
give strength to all who suffer;
for your mercy’s sake. Amen.
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