Nicholas Black Elk, a Medicine Man, Christian and Prophet, had a vision in which he saw a time of transformation and a time of togetherness. In his vision, he saw hoops of each nation, Tribe, and people, dancing together as one large hoop around the healing tree—or tree of life. Black Elk’s vision reminds us that we are called to live in right-relationship to one another.
In times of great destruction and sorrow, we remember our prophets. We come back to our sacred traditions. We are called back to that deep relationship we need to have with one another, recognizing one another as relatives, as sacred and as beloved.
Repentance, like love, is an action word. It is not meant to be something we simply say. It is meant to be something that we do, that we live, that we embody. That lived, embodied action of being a good relative, that journey toward right-relationship, is recompense. Ask yourself, “What kind of relative am I called to be?” Then live your life, journeying toward being that kind of relative—and not just to those we see as we go about our lives but also to those relatives who live, talk, think, vote, pray and love differently than we do.
—Isaiah “Shaneequa” Brokenleg
Saints, share your personal REFLECTIONS here:
Lent Reflection – March 30th 2021
Nicholas Black Elk, a Medicine Man, Christian and Prophet, had a vision in which he saw a time of transformation and a time of togetherness. In his vision, he saw hoops of each nation, Tribe, and people, dancing together as one large hoop around the healing tree—or tree of life. Black Elk’s vision reminds us that we are called to live in right-relationship to one another.
In times of great destruction and sorrow, we remember our prophets. We come back to our sacred traditions. We are called back to that deep relationship we need to have with one another, recognizing one another as relatives, as sacred and as beloved.
Repentance, like love, is an action word. It is not meant to be something we simply say. It is meant to be something that we do, that we live, that we embody. That lived, embodied action of being a good relative, that journey toward right-relationship, is recompense. Ask yourself, “What kind of relative am I called to be?” Then live your life, journeying toward being that kind of relative—and not just to those we see as we go about our lives but also to those relatives who live, talk, think, vote, pray and love differently than we do.
—Isaiah “Shaneequa” Brokenleg
Saints, share your personal REFLECTIONS here: