Dear Friends,
Each weekend at Mass, Roman Catholics recite the Creed – either the more ancient Apostles’ Creed or the fourth century Nicene Creed. These are among the
proclamations Christians hold dear, because they contain the basic elements of
our faith.
In the years that I was teaching, or when groups have gotten
together for a retreat, I have asked participants to write their own creed, not to
supplant but to supplement the historic creeds. I’ve done this myself,
producing a half dozen versions of a creed, as I’ve grown in consciousness of
who God is, who we are and how human consciousness is expanding. Here’s one
example. Take some time to write your own this summer. It need not contain
every aspect of faith, but only those which are stirring in you at the moment.
If you want to be even more daring, share it with someone.
I
believe God, Imaginative Creator .
I believe Jesus,
our Brother and Saviour.
I
believe the Spirit, moving over the chaos.
They
are the One that, with us, makes life here
congruent with
life hereafter.
I
believe that a tool of this congruence is the church,
called
to welcome the stranger,
offer
the sacraments.
practice
compassion
and
do justice,
While
on its way to becoming obsolete,
Overtaken
by the Kindom of God,
replete
with harmony,
with
every shadow gone
And
life lived in mutual embrace with a tender God.
Amen.
