Monday, October 15, 2007

For her feast day

a prayer by Teresa of Avila

May you be blessed forever Lord
For not abandoning us when we abandoned you.
May you be blessed forever Lord
For offering your hand of love in our darkest most lonely moments.
May you be blessed forever Lord
For loving us more than we love ourselves.
May you be blessed forever Lord
For continuing to pour your blessings upon us
Even though we respond so poorly.
May you be blessed forever Lord
For drawing out the goodness in all people
Even including us.
May you be blessed forever Lord
For repaying our sin with love.
May you be blessed forever Lord
For being constant and unchanging amidst all the changes of the world.
May you be blessed forever Lord
For all your countless blessings on us and on all your creatures.
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1 comment:

  1. Michelle6:11 PM

    Thank you for this! A wonderful secular Carmelite woman is part of the community I join for morning prayer. This morning she brought the propers for Teresa of Avila from the Carmelite breviary, and wondered if we might elect that celebration of the feast. So Augustinians and not, we celebrated Teresa...

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