Mit-feiern

Today's one of those silly days that creative counting makes a palindrome (22022022) but I'm celebrating something real, the 60th ordination anniversary of the priest in our family, my uncle Diethard Zils OP. In the announcement he sent around, he included this picture by Marek Dialeki, along with these words: 

Aus SEINER Sehnsuch geboren

Mutter Erde anvertraut

sie zu lieben, zu erhalten, zu bewahren

dass sie uns bringe das tägliche Brot und den Wein des Festes

das nur gelingt, wenn alle mit-lieben, mit-feiern, mit-leben dürfen

und Hand in Hand dem Licht entgegengehn

(Roughly: Born of HIS longing, entrusted to Mother Earth to love, preserve and protect her / that she bring us the daily bread and the wine of the feast / which succeeds only when all can love, celebrate and live together / and go hand in hand toward the Light). Gratuliere!