MAY GOD BLESS YOU WITH DISCOMFORT
A Prayer In This Season Of Counting Our Blessings
Dear Friends,
In this season of gratitude and focusing on our blessings, I wanted to share this prayer entitled:
“A Franciscan Blessing”
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 to 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.
Blessings to you and yours, and all sentient beings.
xo Mary
Amen and thank you, Mary! Wishing you and your family and all many blessings.