January 21, 2022 — Spirit & Verse is a monthly column of original poem-prayers composed by Cameron Bellm, a Seattle-based writer and mother of two whose “Prayer for a Pandemic” went viral, bringing solace and comfort to many struggling during COVID-19.
“A Prayer for Sunday of the Word of God”
O Word that shapes our liturgies and litanies,
May we see you not as a dusty tome
But as a living invitation to an ongoing conversation.
O God who comes to us in sacred story,
May we find our own stories within your pages.
O Word that illuminates our darkness,
May we carry your light into the world.
O God who speaks into silence,
May we rest in the comfort of your voice.
O Word made flesh who dwells among us,
May we sense your presence with us on the road to Emmaus.
And when our hearts burn within us,
May we not only hear your Word, but speak it with our lives.
Amen.