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Sacred Life Sunday: Prayer of St. Francis, Redux
I’m tired of not saying prayers I once loved because the language is gender exlusive, or the God they address is too limited in scope, or the self-degradation is way too intense for the sins of the day. So I’m rewriting them, these words I once loved, until they are in an order I can love once again.
The Prayer of St. Francis
(before the crucifix)
Oh great Divine,
cast your light into the dark corners of my heart.
Give me purity of thought,
a firm hope, abundant charity,
and profound kindness.
Grant me wisdom, and perception
that I may carry out
that which brings wholeness to this world.
Amen.
