O Compassionate One, Dear Spirit, Giver of Life and Sustainer of All:
We come to you this day
our knees buckled
the weight of the world burdening our shoulders
our eyes filled with grief
our spirits weary
our hearts cracked open.
You have created
mind, body and soul
to witness hunger
hatred
violence
oppression
disease.
It is not up to us to ask why,
what for,
how come...
These questions are irrelevant—
unnecessary distractions to our task.
You have created eyes to see,
ears to hear,
hearts to care
and hands to serve.
We ask forgiveness for all of the ways we fail
to see, to hear, to care, to serve
the hungry,
the hated,
the hurting.
Today we commit
our whole selves
to Your Service.
We ask for
Strength
Resolve
and Trust
that the prayers of our heart
and the actions of our body
will not be in vain.
Amen, Blessed Be, Aho
