Rev. Ken’s Weekly Prayer

Tomorrow, Saturday June 19, is the official day of Juneteenth, which commemorates the realization for the enslaved people of Texas that they had been declared free two years earlier. That day, sometimes called Jubilee Day, sometimes being called Freedom Day, is being honored today. Finally. In the acknowledgement of the pain of the past, comes the opportunity to create a new tomorrow. So lets take that understanding to prayer.

As we breathe into this moment, we give thanks, thanks for the present now, the infinite possibility of the now, and we acknowledge the journey to get here, the pain and the suffering, the injustice that too many had to endure for too long. We acknowledge the rights that can never be restored to those who have already transitioned. We acknowledge the wrongs that were done in our name so that we may, with wholeness of mind and body, step into a future filled with community, with equity, with understanding, and with love. With a love for each other and for our ancestors. Love that forgives, love that asks for forgiveness, love that passes all obstacles and roadblocks, all intransigence, and all pain. Love is the great, great healer. So today we come to this

celebration and we give thanks. We give thanks for all who have made this day possible. We give thanks for the good that is yet to be. And so it is.

Amen!