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Tuesday 10 June 2008

Mixed blessings

The following prayer was adapted by a Tearfund worker from a prayer by St Francis of Assisi and closes the meditation entitled 'Mixed Blessings' which can be found by clicking here:

‘May God bless us with discomfort... at easy answers and half truths, and superficial relationships, so that we may live deep within our hearts.

May God bless us with anger… at injustice, oppression and exploitation of people, so that we may work for justice, freedom and peace.

May God bless us with tears…to shed for those who suffer from pain, rejection, starvation and war, so that we may reach out our hands to comfort them, and turn their pain into joy.

And may God bless us with enough foolishness…. to believe that we can make a difference in this world, so that we can to what others claim cannot be done.

Amen.'

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Taize - Veni sancte spiritus.

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