Prayer Offered for February 9, 2015

Holy Mystery, Ever-Living God,

In Your profound silence, we hear a call to faith. Beyond the sorrows and disappointments of life, deep in the fabric of things, we sense a blessing: the blessing of existence, of having been chosen to be, of the invitation to become more generous and dedicated to the community.

At some point in the past, our name was called, and here we are, one of the blessed ones who exist. May our heart’s reply to Your call each day be, “Here I am,” and may our determination be to carry on – sometimes in the darkness, speaking bravely and confidently into your profound silence.─AMEN.

^{(Adapted from William Cleary, We Side with the Morning, 2009.)}