Prayer for True Religion

 

O holy maker and origin of this,
Your splendid and noble universe--

We offer you these your gifts of mind and curiosity.

We give you glory—

For you, who keep in being sparrow and lily,

Pelican and gull,

Tern, egret, and dragonfly,

Have blessed us with a longing for you.

 

You call all your people in their various dress and speech,

In desert, mountain, and plain

To seek you. 

You have gifted us with a longing to respond to you.

 

We ask that as we come together

We may come before you with clear and open minds and hearts.

We ask to be filled with your spirit,

To be capable of striving for true religion

So that in all that we do,

We may be bound more and more closely to you.

 

--Jim Bolner, Sr.
January, 2007