Divine Creator,
We thank you for the privilege of participating in your creation.
Like artisans building a cathedral,
we are engaged in work that outlives us.
The building of justice takes generations;
knowing this, we do not grow weary or lose heart.
Sustained by those who have come before,
we carry on, against all odds, against all opposition.
We are not intimidated by the thought
that we will not achieve our goal in one lifetime.
This is not for us, but for our children's children's children.
Our little triumphs and failures are ennobled,
not by our successes, but by the immense grace
of the work to which we devote ourselves—
serving the common good, maintaining the fabric of our world,
and seeking that justice where all may share the blessings of our existence.—AMEN.
(From Unfolding Light by Steve Garnaas-Holmes.)
