This week I was thinking about litanies. I heard them in church during the prayers (lists of persons who were named though their needs were not) and at school during morning announcements (the kids suspended in-house for the day) and saw them on war monuments, grave markers...
I thought of how important names are--to hear and to touch, as is the case with war monuments such as the Vietnam Memorial. People will travel great distances to touch a name in a list. Naming involves, writing, reading, speaking, hearing, touching. Yet, what is it, really? I think it's a short hand that says you, who have a name that marks your soul as a unique miracle, are exactly that. A unique miracle.
Naming is about loving one another. With that in mind, here's a litany on love.
1. adulation
2. affection
3. allegiance
4. amity
5. amor
6. appreciation
7. ardor
8. attachment
9. devotion
10. fidelity
11. friendship
12. passion
13. respect
Thursday Thirteen
I thought of how important names are--to hear and to touch, as is the case with war monuments such as the Vietnam Memorial. People will travel great distances to touch a name in a list. Naming involves, writing, reading, speaking, hearing, touching. Yet, what is it, really? I think it's a short hand that says you, who have a name that marks your soul as a unique miracle, are exactly that. A unique miracle.
Naming is about loving one another. With that in mind, here's a litany on love.
1. adulation
2. affection
3. allegiance
4. amity
5. amor
6. appreciation
7. ardor
8. attachment
9. devotion
10. fidelity
11. friendship
12. passion
13. respect
Thursday Thirteen
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