The People

Lenten Reflection Day 20 (Mar 13): ASK  (from John 4:5-42).

SONG: Ask by The Smiths: https://youtu.be/zoo9Vu1a9bU

POEM: Esther Berlin: I Hope to God Yoy Will Not Ask (excerpt): I hope to God you will not ask Me or my People to send Postcard greetings… Yes, we may share the same sun setting But the in-between hours are hollow The People fill the void with prayers for help Calling upon the Holy Ones Those petitions penetrate and loosen The binds you tried to tighten Around our heart …

QUOTE: Mahatma Gandhi: Prayer is not asking. It is a longing of the soul. It is daily admission of one’s weakness. It is better in prayer to have a heart without words than words without a heart.

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