Flower Communion Reading

By Rev. William G Sinkford, past UUA President

Source: UUA WorshipWeb

In the presence of these flowers,

These representatives of Creation’s profound beauty:

Diverse and Unique, but Related and Interdependent,

These flowers which come to us as gifts from we know not where

And which we, in turn, choose to bring to our shared and common altar

As gifts to one another

In their presence we turn our thoughts to the mystery beyond mysteries

to the most sacred—which we never understand fully

but which we are granted revelatory glimpses of

in each of these flowers, in each of your faces, and through relationships

 with neighbors near and far.

May they remind us of grace we have known in days past:

Forgiveness we have been granted, and provided.

Love, unearned and shared.

Recovery, begun and established.

Generosity, unforeseen and most sacred.

And may they inspire us now, and in days to come:

To seek, To notice, To embrace and, To re-create beauty.

To give unto the world as exuberantly as these flowers.

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May the meaning and message of Flower Communion

be alive in our hearts, inviting us to be faithful partners

in the creation of beloved community, and guiding us

towards right relationship with all of our neighbors, near and far.

Amen.