Prayer Offered for May 29, 2025

As students and teachers end another school year, and as all of us continue to be educated every day, let us pray that we will never throw in the towel when situations become difficult, as illustrated in this poem, “X”, by Sister Pat Ryan:

I nearly threw in the towel

It was May, my first year teaching

After Algebra class, Carleen whispered in my ear

Sister, when are we going to learn what X is?

O Carleen, so many years later

I can tell you a lot more about X

It not only marks the spot

It symbolizes every unknown, any mystery

It’s the letter that everyone is looking for

I’ve learned so much

Since you stunned me with that question

My answer right now would be “Never”

We are never going to learn what X is

It is the nameless essence of an eternal search

The magnet pulling the evolutionary process

It is totally available and open to any brain

That needs a marker to hold on to

The infinite reality passing through

We are never going to learn what X is

But we will never stop trying.—AMEN.