Prayer Offered for April 4, 2024

And today we pray with a Mary Oliver poem called “Praying”:

It doesn’t have to be

the blue iris, it could be

weeds in a vacant lot, or a few

small stones; just

pay attention, then patch

a few words together and don’t try

to make them elaborate, this is not

a contest but the doorway

into thanks, and a silence in which

another voice may speak.

(“Praying” in THIRST by Mary Oliver)

I’d like to read it again and invite you to a few moments of silence so that you can hear the prayer that God is praying in you today.

It doesn’t have to be

the blue iris, it could be

weeds in a vacant lot, or a few

small stones; just

pay attention, then patch

a few words together and don’t try

to make them elaborate, this is not

a contest but the doorway

into thanks, and a silence in which

another voice may speak.—AMEN.

Sr. Michelle Gorman, RSM
Prayer Date
04/04/2024