A Solstice Vision

I got up early, dressed and went out on our walking trail before sunrise.  I climbed up a berm and sat on a rock there and waited with a prayer in my heart.  I wanted to know that God was there as well as I knew the sun was rising... and I caught the sunrise.

I got up with some gratitude in my heart for what I had seen at the beginning of this glorious day.  As I walked, the real vision came to me.  Shielding my eyes I looked toward the sun and saw clouds of insects rising into the morning air.  I suspect most of them were aphids, gnats, and small beetles.  But for that moment they were angels!

And I saw the plants beneath the insects as silent, monastic alchemists transforming sunlight, water, and minerals into food as they meditated... and they freely gave themselves, sacrificing themselves to feed all other living things.

And the whole universe is the body of Christ, and we are commanded to eat of His flesh and drink of His blood.  The whole universe is a sacrament, the whole universe is a temple, and every human is a prophet, seer, and revelator.

And this vision, of the tiniest, humblest living things flying in the morning air, brought awe and tears to me.  I returned home with my soul full of gratitude.

Happy Solstice to everyone!