Monday, July 16, 2007

A Franciscan Benediction

love this! {from Studio 310}

May God bless you with discomfort
At easy answers, half-truths and superficial relationships
So that you may live deep within your heart.

May God bless you with anger
At injustice, oppression and exploitation of people,
So that you may work for justice, freedom and peace.

May God bless you with tears
To shed for those who suffer pain, rejection, hunger and war,
So that you may reach out your hand to comfort them and
To turn their pain into joy.

And may God bless you with enough foolishness
To believe that you can make a difference in the world,
So that you can do what others claim cannot be done
To bring justice and kindness to all our children and the poor.

Amen.

5 comments:

Roxy Wishum said...

Good thoughts! We usually pray for comfort and easy times.

Ashley @ pure and lovely said...

this is great. I also think it applies to alot of things going on lately!

Lerra said...

I agree with Ashley. This definitely spoke to me when I read it the other day. Thanks for writing such applicable posts! :-)

memphis belle said...

i don't have pictures on my blog; however, i do have a slide show on myspace. Go to myspace.com/lesliew355

I think you should be able to view it, if not let me know. I'm going to put together a CD of pictures for you next week when i'm back in the office.

Mark Hendrickson said...

I presume that you will forward a copy of said picture disk to the master of spades!?!?!