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Philip said to him, "Lord, show us the Father, and we will be satisfied." Jesus said to him, "Have I been with you all this time, Philip, and you still do not know me? Whoever has seen me has seen the Father. How can you say, 'Show us the Father'?

Show us the Father we prayed and Jesus

stood before us crazy calm and unkempt

fingers rough from the lathe and chisel, mind

open to absorb all even us into compassion

Show us the Spirit we chanted in the night

and the wind exhaled through the sheer curtains

and our hair and confusion, we breathed in

the lively scents of rosemary and desert sage

Show us the mystery we hummed and every

cancer fighter on the globe lit up orange

as dots of fear and courage, life and passing

joy and humility at death beds and healing hands

Show us the divine we uttered into the universe

and water assembled together as a reflecting pool

we stooped and strained, peered long and deep

until we saw each other and not only ourselves