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Giving Thanks for Daily Graces
For the mornings we awake
with a prayer you have given us to form,
with a song you have given us to sing,
with a voice to raise for justice,
with a seed of hope you have given us to plant,
with the stirrings of peace within us,
We give thanks, Lord of Abundance.
For the days when we recognize
a sign of God's grace in the world,
the Spirit in community,
the diverse faces of the human family,
the potential for transformation of sinful structures,
the possibilities of the Kingdom of God,
We give thanks, Lord of Abundance.
For the nights filled with
the grace of reflection,
the healing of contrition,
the security of your promises,
the renewal of rest,
the splendid silence of your stars,
We give thanks, Lord of Abundance.
Guide us through our days and nights
So we may create the life you call us to.
For this call, we give thanks, Lord of Abundance.
by Jane Deren, Education for Justice
(Special thanks to Maureen Morris for the above poem)
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