Prayer for Understanding

 

O holy Creator--giver of all good gifts,

We, your humble people, come before you.

We thank you and give you glory for your majestic works,

For your universe and for the creatures filling it,

And for time and space.

We give you praise for the great graces you bestow

Upon those who question and to those who seek you.

 

Visit us today with your gift of understanding,

So that our minds may be opened and enlightened.

Help us to understand those of your children

Who respond to your love in a different tongue,

And who seek you in their own diverse ways. 

 

 May we leave this place filled with your spirit,

With your light, and with your love.

 

Jim Bolner, Sr.
January, 2007