God Is Present

It’s In Silence I Remember

"Invoked or not, God is present."

C.G. Jung

In the silence of my heart

I remember – God is present

wrapped in the whirl –

a stop sign at the corner, a plastic bag

tumbling down the street.

In all this – invoked or not,

present –  in the old  man

spinning up the hill

in his electric wheelchair,

in headlines and news bites

and hawthorn blossoms that herald Spring.

Invoked or not –

Mozart on the car radio, purse

calendar, books as passengers

on the seat next to me.

God is present and

that is sufficient for life.

Kay McMullen, SNDdeN

Sisters of Notre Dame de Namur, California Province