It's time for tricks or treats, Lord!
It's Halloween
- and I'm knocking at your door!
I haven't come in costume
because I know you see behind all the masks I wear:
you see through my games,
my pranks and charades,
my stunts and my antics,
my capers and cons,
foolishness, all
- and sometimes worse...
So, I come with this Halloween prayer, Lord:
a prayer for mercy and pardon
a plea for your healing forgiveness
for all my shenanigans, mischief and sins
and the tricks I've tried to play on you
- and my duping myself and my neighbor...
I trust in your loving kindness, Lord
so much so that I'm bold to say:
"No tricks - but a treat I'll ask this year,
the grace of a Halloween blessing:
treat me with mercy, healing and peace
on this eve of the feast of All Saints
and fill my arms, my heart and my soul
with the sweetness and joy of your grace...
Amen.
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