Sun, Sand, Sea and We

 Last week, on a rare and wonderful vacation
with my family, I sat on the veranda of a seashore house,
and, for the first time, watched the sun rise on theAtlantic Ocean.
I have seen many beautiful sunrises, but none quite like this,
with the sky lighting and the tiny orb rising gradually out of the massive sea.
Compared to it, I felt myself as a grain of sand.
Yet the sun, the sand, the sea and we – all are held
in the arms of a loving, creative God.
O Holy One, O Creator of undreamed possibilities,
on this Independence Day, draw us
out of darkness, into your own most wonderful light!
Sr. Portwood, OSB