Courage

           God, you have shown strength with your arm;
           you have scattered the proud
           in the thoughts of their hearts.
           You have brought down the powerful from their thrones,
           and lifted up the lowly.
                           ——Luke 1.51-52

Oh, Mary, you know perfectly well
how revolutionary this is,
how the power structures fight this,
how the world is opposed to God.
And you know in the fight
you will lose much.
Give me courage, Mother of Love,
to stand against the powers,
that they might be brought down,
to use what I have to lift the lowly,
to find my strength not in my powers
but in your love
that brings us all into one circle,
all your Beloved.
Mary, may your vision be my hope
and my courage.

Steve Garnass-Holmes, unfoldinglight.net December 16, 2021