Thursday, April 19, 2012

April 17, 2012

A single word can make such a difference. Sorry of course, and thanks. A single word can change how we feel about someone and can turn a bad day into a good one.

Last week a person graciously pointed out to me that I had the Wordsworth poem wrong. All these weeks I have been writing to you with a mistake! I left out the word we.

It turns the poem from a mystical piece about God into a mystical piece about us with God. I choose to think this deepens our reflections.

Here it was:
Trailing clouds of glory do come from God,
who is our home.
Those shadowy recollections,
be they what they may,
are yet the fountain light of all our day.

And here we are:
Trailing clouds of glory do we come
from God, who is our home ...
Those shadowy recollections,
be they what they may,
are yet the fountain light of all our day.


May you trail clouds of glory.
May you remember that you come from God.
May you light this day with the assurance that God is your home.


Blessings,



The Rev. Dr. Catherine Faith MacLean

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