Friday, September 17, 2004
can anybody relate ?
A PRAYER of THOMAS MERTON ...
God , we have no idea where we are going . We do not see the road ahead of us . We cannot know for certain where it will end . Nor do we really know ourselves , and the fact that we think we are following your will does not mean that we are actually doing so . But we believe that the desire to please you does in fact please you . And we hope we have that desire in all that we are doing . We hope that we will never do anything apart from that desire . And we know that if we do this you will lead us by the right road , though we may know nothing about it . Therefore , we will trust you always though we may seem to be lost and in the shadow of death . We will not fear , for you are ever with us , and you will never leave us to face our perils alone .
http://www.merton.org
God , we have no idea where we are going . We do not see the road ahead of us . We cannot know for certain where it will end . Nor do we really know ourselves , and the fact that we think we are following your will does not mean that we are actually doing so . But we believe that the desire to please you does in fact please you . And we hope we have that desire in all that we are doing . We hope that we will never do anything apart from that desire . And we know that if we do this you will lead us by the right road , though we may know nothing about it . Therefore , we will trust you always though we may seem to be lost and in the shadow of death . We will not fear , for you are ever with us , and you will never leave us to face our perils alone .
http://www.merton.org
