Celtic Lent Day 8

God’s soul is the wind rustling plants and leaves,
the dew dancing on the grass,
the rainy breezes making everything to grow.
Just like this, the kindness of a person flows, touching those dragging burdens of longing.
We should be a breeze helping the homeless,
Dew comforting those who are depressed,
The cool, misty air refreshing the exhausted,
And with God’s teaching we have got to feed the hungry:
This is how we share God’s word.
Hildegard of Bingen

A life of faith should be one that seeks to fulfil Hildegard's words. To be present to God in the here and now is to be present to the places where we see need; we should be an echo of God's soul in the world.

Scripture
When the poor and needy seek water,
   and there is none,
   and their tongue is parched with thirst,
I the Lord will answer them,
   I the God of Israel will not forsake them.
I will open rivers on the bare heights,
   and fountains in the midst of the valleys;
I will make the wilderness a pool of water,
   and the dry land springs of water.
I will put in the wilderness the cedar,
   the acacia, the myrtle, and the olive;
I will set in the desert the cypress,
   the plane and the pine together,
so that all may see and know,
   all may consider and understand,
that the hand of the Lord has done this,
   the Holy One of Israel has created it.
Isaiah 41.17-20