At most Masses this weekend, we will be singing “Healing River of the Spirit” to the tune BEACH SPRING, with text accredited to Ruth C. Duck.   Let us reflect on each line of the first verse.
 
Healing River of the Spirit, Bathe the wounds that living brings.  Each Sunday, we bring our wounds to the fount to be healed and restored.   

Plunge our pain, our sin, our sadness Deep beneath your sacred springs.  When we gather at Mass, our we willing to offer to the Lord, all our pain, sin and sadness?  Do we trust in His Word of healing?

Weary from the restless searching, that has lured us from your side, We discover in your presence Peace the world cannot provide.  Are we willing to “be open” to new ways of dealing with the demands of living in the view of Christ and the peace and love flowing from his wounded side?