franciscan benediction...challenging stuff.

Good to pray and eat breakfast (with a glorious view of the canal - thanks sainsbury's) with Chris this morning. I probably talked more than prayed, but it was a wonderful, for many reasons. Some good prayers were prayed too.

None quite so full on as this though, and I write it here for your (and also my own) contemplation.

May God bless you with discomfort;
May you be dissatisfied with easy answers, half truths and superficial relationships
So that you may live deep within your hearts

May God bless you with anger;
At injustice, oppression and exploitation of people
So that you may work for justice freedom and peace

May God bless you with tears;
To shed for those who suffer pain, rejection, hunger and war
So that you may reach out your hands to comfort them,
And turn their pain into joy

May God bless you with enough foolishness;
To believe that you can make a difference in the world
So that you can do, what others claim cannot be done,
To bring justice and kindness to all our children and to the poor,

(and, if you dare:)

Amen