Blessing Prayer . . .

 

May the God of STRENGTH be with you, holding you in strong-fingered hands; and may you be the sacrament of God’s strength to those whose hands you hold: MAY THE BLESSING OF STRENGTH BE WITH YOU.

May the God of GENTLENESS be with you, caressing you with sunlight and rain and wind; may God’s tenderness shine through you to warm all who are hurt and lonely: MAY THE BLESSING OF GENTLENESS BE ON YOU.

May the God of MERCY be with you, forgiving you, beckoning you, encouraging you to say, “Now I will get up again and go to my father’s house”; may your readiness to forgive calm the fears, deepen the trust of those who have hurt you: MAY THE BLESSING OF MERCY BE ON YOU.

May the God of WONDER be with you, delighting you with thunder and bird-song, sunrise and daisy; enchanting your senses, filling your heart, giving you wide-open eyes and the hands and the hearts of the blind and deaf and the insensitive: MAY THE BLESSING OF WONDER BE ON YOU.

May the God of COMPASSION be with you, holding you close when you are weary and hurt and alone and when there is rain in your heart; and may you be the warm hands and the warm eyes of compassion for your friend when he or she reaches out to you in need: MAY THE BLESSING OF COMPASSION BE ON YOU.

May the God of SIMPLICITY be with you, opening you to a clear vision of what is real and true, leading you deeply into the mystery of childhood; and may your dealings with others be marked by the honesty which is simplicity: MAY THE BLESSING OF SIMPLICITY BE ON YOU.

May the God of PATIENCE be with you, waiting for you with outstretched arms, letting you “find out for yourself”; and may God’s patience with all the young who fall from small heights and the old who fall from greater heights be your patience: MAY THE BLESSING OF PATIENCE BE ON YOU.

May the God of PEACE be with you, stilling the heart that hammers with fear or doubt or confusion; and may your peace, the warm mantle of your peace, cover those who are troubled or anxious: MAY THE BLESSING OF PEACE BE ON YOU.

May the God of JOY be with you, thrilling you with God’s nearness, filling your heart to fullness, and filling your throat to ringing, singing exultation: MAY THE BLESSING OF JOY BE ON YOU.

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