May 24: Catching Our Breath Prayer

We sometimes speak of “catching our breath,”

as if breath were something running away from us,

Something eluding our grasp, always just ahead of us,

rather than something that moves through us,

something that sustains and centers us in this moment.

We pause now for a moment of silence to sense our breathing,

not to control or corral it, but simply to experience

breathing in, breathing out, together,

in this place of peace and love. [pause]

May we remember to pause and be present

to our breathing, to the spirit of life,

to this moment just as it is.

And in so doing may we return to this place 

where we breathe in peace and breathe out love

now and always, Amen! 

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