
Give Us this Day

Posted by Moudi Sbeity | May 30, 2025 | Poetry | 5 |

Moudi Sbeity is a Lebanese-American poet, author, and contemplative counselor. He is the author of the memoir Habibi Means Beloved, and the poetry collection Alhamdulillah Anyway. His poems have been nominated for the Pushcart Prize and Orison’s Best Spiritual Literature. Moudi’s work focuses on themes of justice and liberation through a spiritual framework of compassion, forgiveness, and awe. As a lifelong stutterer, he is passionate about writing and poetry as practices in fluency and self-expression. Learn more at moudisbeity.com

The Braided Way is a framework to see every faith tradition as a strand, braided into a larger whole of spiritual awareness. In the Braided Way, combining spiritual practice from various faiths allow us to explore sacred experience and wonder in forms that resonate with our personal spiritual needs and sacred intuitions. In today’s culture, many people shun religious dogma, but yearn for spiritual connection. The Braided Way allows the ceremonies and practices of multiple faiths to be available without the confinements of cultural dogma.
I love this poem.
What a beautiful poem! Thank you.
I love the imagery in this poem. I can taste the flavors he mentions and see the foods he is describing.
Such sensual imagery! Beautiful poem, Moudi!
Moudi, what a gorgeous poem! “our tongues prostrated out as altars, our mouths humbled as begging bowls.” Reading it is a sensory experience, and a sacrament1