Ruach Breath Of Life

'Fire from the North' 3 Lord save us from falling for the Platonic ideal of assuming a purely spiritual afterlife, lest we become too individualised in our outlook as a result. Like a brilliant musician who sees no need to relate to other players, and thereby robs the symphony of their love and prayer, how sad when people hear distressing news, and find no need to turn it into prayer and compassionate concern. You are supremely there for those who have nothing and no one in this world. For in Your Kingdom the formerly unimportant will occupy centre stage, while some of the seemingly more magnificent will be shown to be no more than wolves in sheep’s clothing. So help us to prepare without pride or possessiveness for this life of eternity, leaving behind all that would slur or slurry, so that even in our secret hearts we prefigure the age that is to come; for it is only with our hearts thus set that we can fully appreciate the riches of life as You have desired and designed it, on the sacred space th