Image: Nina Bisognani
Time
Time is everything. Time to grow. Time out. Poor timing.
We spend most of our time waiting: for the children, the future,
A better year.
Time passes. And yet, we continue to wait.
We wait for the pandemic to end; for economic relief
And social justice.
The time has come to step from the shadows into the light,
To reflect the gift of the risen Christ in our own lives.
What choices shall we make?
Shall we choose love over hate?
Peace over violence?
New growth over decay?
Love is as simple as taking soup
To an ailing neighbor,
Smiling at a stranger.
Peace is an open mind, a prayer for
What is just and true.
New growth is happening all around us,
As we welcome the season of spring.
Now is the time for us to follow nature’s example, to sew new seeds
Which form new shoots. And give birth to new life .
To give ourselves to others as Jesus gave himself to us.
– Nina Bisognani