Connection permeates walls.
Connection permeates restrictions.
Connection permeates boundaries.
Connection permeates screens.
Love breaks through distancing.
Love breaks through dropped calls.
Love breaks through empty chairs.
Love breaks through closed doors.
Embrace exists through open hearts.
Embrace exists through chosen words.
Embrace exists through acts of kindness.
Embrace exists through memories of yesterday and hopes for tomorrow.
Community is reciting “Mah Nishtana?”
Community is calling the lonely, seeking out the pained.
Community is looking past our wants, discovering someone else’s need.
Community is the voice of one, singing the song of many.
Faith is knowing that we have been here before.
Faith is believing that this too, shall pass.
Faith is understanding how much you are loved.
Faith is knowing through your fear, you are not alone.
In this Passover season, may we connect, love and embrace as a community
immersed in faith.
Amen.
