PRAYER FOR A NEW BEGINNING

From pride
Deliver me O Lord
With all its attendant
Vanities

Deliver me

From perfectionism
Into Peace and
Patient living

To walk

When there is
No need to run

To stand still

When standing still
Is what You offer

To sincerely do

What is right
Regardless 

Of outside opinion


To Love

And Love well
The one with whom
I stand in the present

To bring the gift

Of Presence
To every person
Place and moment

Always remembering

That You alone are All
And hold the answer

To all our

Puzzled perplexities
Deepest searching

(Eamonn Monson sac)