Prayer Offered for January 26, 2022

God of mercy and compassion, we pray this prayer for each other:

May you meet mercy each day: in light of your own heart,

at the hands of your loved ones,

in the eyes of a stranger and the needy.

And if by chance you do not at first meet this mercy,

then search your heart for it,

listen patiently for word of it,

and it will tap you on the shoulder,

a quiet surprise,

a small gesture,

the tender look,

given and received

in the encounters of your day.—AMEN.

_{(Mary Wickham, RSM)}