Heavy Baggage
Words of the Muslim Sufi Mystic Jelaluddin Rumi
“We worship devoutly when we’re with others . . . as minerals in the ground rise inside trees and become a tree, as a plant faces an animal and enters the animal, so a human can put down the heavy body baggage and be light”
Let us pray
In these few moments
we put down the heavy baggage of our bodies and allow the pews to share the weight;
in these few moments
we put down the heavy baggage of sole responsibility for others and allow others to share it with us;
in these few moments
we put down the heavy baggage of busy weekday lives and allow weekend laziness to balance the weight;
in these few moments
we put down the heavy baggage of narrow concerns for ourselves, for others and for the world, and with fellow worshippers place them briefly before the one who sees all concerns in perspective.
In these few moments we are light of heavy baggage.
So may the rest prepare us for the heavy weights ahead.
Amen
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