Pause for Prayer: SATURDAY 9/13

Today is the feast of Saint John Chrysostom who died in the early fifth century.  Known as a scripture scholar and great preacher, his words are not too ancient to speak to us in our own times.

We follow the ways of wolves, the habits of tigers: or, rather we are worse than they. To them nature has assigned that they should be thus fed, while God has honored us with rational speech and a sense of equity. And yet we are become worse than the wild beast.   - John Chrysostom

 Lord,

    tame my anger 

        with a gentle spirit, 

    exchange my harsh speech 

        for words that encourage,

    slow my quick judgements

         with patient endurance,

    curb my greed 

        with generous outreach,

    temper my thoughts 

        with your counsel and wisdom,

    dissolve my resentments 

        with kindness and mercy,

    shape my decisions

        with fairness and justice

    and keep me from playing 

        the wolf or the tiger

    - help me only become

        who made me to be...

 

Amen. 

     

     

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