Friday, February 28, 2014

A Prayer from Thomas Merton

My Lord God,
I have no idea where I am going.
I do not see the road ahead of me.
I cannot know for certain where it will end.
Nor do I really know myself,
And the fact that I think
that I am following your will

Does not mean that I am actually doing so.
But I believe that the desire to please you
does in fact please you.

And I hope I have that desire
in all that I am doing.

I hope that I will never do anything
apart from that desire.

And I know that if I do this you will lead me
By the right road
though I may know nothing about it.

Therefore I will trust you always
though I may seem to be lost

And in the shadow of death.
I will not fear, for you are ever with me,
And you will never leave me to face my perils alone.

Amen.

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