Today is the annual International Day for Tolerance
Open my heart, Lord,
open my mind and my thoughts,
my vision and hearing,
my imagination, understanding and inclinations
to the different ways
that different people love and think,
perceive, interpret, dream and comprehend
the world that's all around us
and all the people in it...
Open my heart, Lord, and open my soul
to the different ways
that different people seek and find,
name, follow and worship you
in song and prayer, in creed and deed
in harmony with all who share the earth,
our common home, your gift to us...
Open my mind and heart, Lord,
to study, learn and grasp,
to reverence and respect the different ways
that different people seek and grasp the truth,
the truth of who you are, the one and only truth:
eternal in its mystery, unparalleled in unity,
unequaled in its beauty and its grace
and now revealed in time and space,
in flesh and blood, in you,
the truth who sets us free...
Open all of us, Lord, to all the different ways
you speak to us, come to us, disclose yourself
and meet us in a myriad of ways,
drawing all to you:
one people with one home,
one family of humankind,
brothers, sisters, all...
Amen.
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