We gather today only to find
ourselves at in-between times.
You said you were ascending to the Father,
yet you left an absence in my heart.

Today I welcome companions on the journey:
the indigenous ones who see the divine in all creation,
the feminine mystics who celebrate the inclusiveness of life.
the people of science who perceive your presence in all that is.

Easter complete, we are ready to welcome Pentecost,
to become one people, one family, one planet, one Earth.
We are companions, no longer separate,
here in these in-between times.