May my life be FIRE and WATER
Knowing the torment and passion of love
And the calm refreshment of reason.
Let it be full of contrasts:
Brightness—Shadow, Colour–Clarity
Warmth– Coolness
Energetic dance and Restful inactivity.
May my spirit be alive and active
Fired by desire to transform and be purified
Yet content with stillness
And the often, drop-by-drop pace of change.
Let me hear the rushing effervescence of water
Which holds the whole world in its embrace,
Glimpsing even above the heavens
the shimmering waters
Which fall to earth as gentle, life-giving rain.
Give me the keenness to penetrate the fire in the
centre of the earth and in my being
So that I burn with zeal for your Kingdom
Radiating your love and compassion.
May my relationships be warm and comforting
Deep and lasting like the pools and silent streams
Of mysterious underground, undisturbed caverns.
YOU who hold the power of these elements
Forming them to create the beauty
and wonder of our world
Use them now again in me, that I might ever be
A fountain of living Water and a glowing tongue of Fire
Sr.Yvonne Pepper RNDM