Are you ready for a crazy prayer?

I found a different way to pray. Instead of praying for safety, peace and comfort…what if we took the lead of this Franciscan Benediction?

“May God bless you with discomfort at easy answers, half-truths, and superficial relationships so that you may live deep within your heart.

May God bless you with anger at injustice, oppression, and exploitation of people, so that you may work for justice, freedom and peace.

May God bless you with tears to shed for those who suffer pain, rejection, hunger and war, so that you may reach out your hand to comfort them and to turn their pain into joy.

And may God bless you with enough foolishness to believe that you can make a difference in the world, so that. You can do what others claim cannot be done to bring justice and kindness to all our children and the poor. Amen”

Give it a try…now!

“My Father, if it is possible, may this cup be taken from me. Yet not as I will, but as you will.” (Matthew 26:39b NIV)