Prayer Offered for February 2, 2015

Let us center ourselves in God’s presence.

Today I invite you to listen to a short poem by Mary Oliver 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 isn’t

a contest but the doorway

into thanks, and a silence in which

another voice may speak.─AMEN.

                        (Adapted from Mary Oliver, Thirst, 2006.)

Sister Michelle Gorman, RSM
Prayer Date
02/02/2015