Invocation for Colorado State Senate May 18th, 2021 Shavuot

Tuesday May 18, 2021 Shavuot, Pentecost, Revelation Revealed

Seventy-Third General Assembly Tuesday, May 18, 2021 STATE OF COLORADO 95th Legislative Day

Let us pray:

As we  count this 95th Legislative Day, we pause to reflect on the sacred counting of the three Abrahamic faiths and their revealed timeless truths of human equality, social justice and prophetic transformation

Today marks the the end of the 50 day counting period for Jews who celebrate Shavuot, the revelation of the Torah at Sinai  50 days after Passover. 

For Christians, Pentecost which falls next Sunday is celebrated 50 days after Easter  (on May 23rd) and  commemorates the gift of the Holy Spirit.

For Muslims, Ramadan just ended with the celebration (Laylat al-Qadr or) “the Night of Destiny” — a time Allah sent the Angel Gabriel to Mohammad to reveal the Quran.

Ramadan, Pentecost and  Shavuot all celebrate the gift of  Revelation through the Quran, the Torah and the Holy Spirit.

The sanctity of life is central to these three  faiths and their revealed scriptures. 

We ask the Source of Wisdom to reveal to us all the ways we are the same and to honor the sacred paths we share.

At this auspicious time, we pray for all those here in our gorgeous state, in the Mid East and throughout the world of every faith (and those with no professed faith) to keep dreaming,  working for justice,  and pursuing shalom/salam/peace as we count on each other to make each piece of legislation count.

Amen