This is a prayer-poem written by a woman mystic of the 1200s, Mechtildde of Magdeburg, from the book Praying With The Women Mystics by Mary T. Malone (Columba Press, 2013).
Why Not Soar?
You have the wings of longing.
You know the pull of hope.
You feel the flowing of desire.
So why not soar?
Fish cannot drown in water.
Birds cannot sink in air.
You cannot fall from my sight.
So why not soar?
Woman, I have adorned you.
Woman, I have delighted in you.
Woman, I have made my home in you.
So why not soar?
Be as the dove, I soar in her.
Lighten your heart, I soar in you.
Uplift your being, be an Easter song.
Why not soar?
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Keeping Faith Today 
Joan and Therese: Thanks. You two keep us soarrrrrrring!
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