The prayer in the Pilgrims Guide (turn to page 42) of every
Cursillio, Via de Cristo, Walk to Emmaus, or Tres Dias is based on Psalm 104
30. “Come Holy Spirit, fill the hearts of your faithful and kindle in us the
fire of your love. Send forth your Spirit and we shall be created and you shall
renew the face of the earth…” I believe the page 42 prayer, prayed multiple
times on a weekend, has a lot to do with what happens on a weekend. (You have
to attend to fully comprehend) “You send forth your Spirit and they are created…”
It is the Spirit sent forth that creates a community on a weekend in the same
way that our weekly gatherings of the faithful in churches small and large and in-between
are created by the same Spirit, albeit over a longer period of time. That might
be enough for us to stand up and shout “Amen” but it’s really the next line that
is meant to get us up and out of our pews. (And into the 4th Day following
a weekend) “And you shall renew the face of the earth.” God could renew the face
of earth without us but God’s desire is that we become co-creators in
imagining the reign of God come down onto the piece of the planet we inhabit where the Spirit in us preaches Good
News to the poor, binds up the brokenhearted, proclaims liberty for the captive
and makes the year of the Lord’s favor a present reality by intentional acts of
kindness – even if they if they are random.
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