As we continue to digest news, social media, and larger social change around race in the United States, may these simple yet powerful prayers be balm for you.
“Prayer”
O Divine Lord,
Calm my clamoring thoughts
Of grief, and anger,
That in the quiet,
I may abide with them
And come to abide in You.
May the ins and outs of my breath
Connect me to the Holy Spirit,
Dwelling deep in my soul
In the very still place
Where lives Your wisdom,
peace and comfort.
So the deep pain, in and around me.
May be etched on my very heart,
That You divinely crafted
As you have All Your children, in Your creation;
Your Beloved, whom You know by the hairs of our heads.
Bind us together, Lord, in You.
“Creator Divine”
How you weep with us
Show us the way to lament,
The pain in our hearts.
Show us how to breathe
That your indwelling Spirit
Be felt in our bones.
Your reassurance
That we’re worthy of your love,
Humbled on our knees.
Whisper from our hearts
That our minds may awaken
To your Divine love
That belongs to All