Pause for Prayer: TUESDAY 1/176

(Today is the feast of Saint Anthony the Great)

 

Saint Anthony was right, Lord

    - and the time has come!

 

There's madness on all sides, Lord,

and craziness, everywhere, passes for sanity:

    logic?  a lost art...

    common sense?  rare, in short supply...

    wisdom?  impractical, passé...

    tradition? rigid and regressive...

    prudence?  YOLO! 

 

Problem is, Lord:

    it's so easy to lose sight

        of where in the madness I stand;

    too easy to judge "them" as crazy,

        and myself always sane,

    to dismiss as gone mad

        all who don't think like me...

 

So I pray for the grace

    to read, to study, to love and to live by

        the word of your counsel and truth...

 

I pray for the wisdom

    to believe there's a wisdom

        more sage than I can conceive or imagine...

 

I pray for a spirit, humble and modest,

    docile, open to learning and changing

        and growing each day in your grace...

I pray for the patience 

    to test all things, to weigh all my options

        and freely choose what your will provides...

I pray for the courage 

    to stand for what's good, what's holy and pure

        what's true and brings peace to my soul...

So, when the time comes and others go mad,

    I pray I'll be crazy, too, Lord

        - crazy in love with you!

Amen.

 

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