Our God, who rides upon the heavens,
and hides in every human heart,
give us this day, a basement window,
and a haze of thin branches through
which to view a waning moon.
Give us morning cut from the night like a bright cloth,
and a sun that runs like a calf through a field of flax in bloom.
Give us strength for daily pain and reasonable gloom,
but deliver us from the kingdoms of power and glory
and lead us to a round table in a walnut room
with wine from water and the mystery
of intimacy and everyday friendship.
Give us this day, it is bread enough.
Amen.
Stephen – If I had had this Lord’s Prayer to recite every day for 5 years at morning assembly I might actually have learned the words! Very nice.
Thanks Roger…I like that!
Takes my breath away. Actually, that is the opposite of what it does. It takes my holding-my-breath away and gives me a deep lungfull of peace.
Susan, you are very kind. Thank you for such a lovely response.
Exquisite. Wonderful imagery and the simplicity of this type of spirituality — without burden of judgment and forgiveness — is comforting.
Thank you Diane! You bless me.
Give us this day, it is bread enough. Amen.
WHoa!!!!! Beautiful!!
Thank you Thomas!
I too loved the last line.
Stephen,
You brilliant bastard! This is absolutely perfect – in every way!
Thank you Sam.
Thank you Wolfgang. This is something I’ve not been called before. 🙂