Remember you are dust….

We are dust,
the very stuff of the universe;
atoms and molecules make us
and all things.
We return to dust
to be recycled across the cosmos
atoms and  molecules
scattered across the heavens.
Dust to dust:
this is how we are resurrected,
born again, light years away,
bringing to birth the hope of heaven.

Dust creator, you cherish your creation:
Help us so to cherish it.
Dust bearer, you too come from dust:
May we wear our status humbly.
Dust animator, you activate us:
Whirl us up to dance together
In tune with God and with each other,
For 40 days and more.