As I make my way through Lent...
Open up my heart to see my troubles start to shrink, Lord, when I reach to help my neighbors bear what weighs upon their hearts...
Open wide my eyes that I not miss my neighbor's spirit, bent beneath the weight of worry often hidden, out of sight...
Open up my ears to hear the silent cries of others when they've lost the breath, the words they need to ask someone's help...
Open, Lord, my timid lips to speak what mends and heals - and let me know when silence whispers all that needs be said...
Open wide my arms to catch the frail, the faint, the falling: lifting them with prayer and strength to face another day...
Open wide, Lord, all I am and all I have to offer: for when I we give my heart away, I give it back to you...
Amen.
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