proclaim

this we must always proclaim

in spite  of our weakness, our

perversions, our addictions, our

fears, our culture, our aversions:

that God created the body good

as an image of God's self 

and we must honor it in respect

without shame, glorying in 

its mystery and the joy
that it brings now and forever

midst our

tears, the

spilling of

our blood,

the pains and

joys of living

you, God, are

silently present

weeping and

bleeding with

us joyful in

your love for us

as you call us to

awaken to ourselves

which is to awaken

to you ever

by our side