"the dark night of the soul"


   The days get darker and darker
    a holiday that was a family time
    now lost and lonely.
   
     I pray to know how to take you with us,
     to have you at the table, around the Christmas tree,
     to hear your laughter and feel your grace,
     as we go into winter.


      I pray for your soul to orbit around us, always closer and closer.


      Amen.