Let's get to the bottom of the matter

 Prayer For Our Community

God, Lord of all creation, lover of life, help us to love in our very small way what You love infinitely and everywhere.

We thank You that we can offer just this one prayer and that will be more than enough, because everything and everyone is connected, and nothing stands alone.

To pray for one part is to pray for the whole, and so we do.

Help us each day to stand for love, for reconciliation, for the good, for the diverse unity of the Body of Christ and all creation, because this is what You desire, for we remember Jesus prayed that all may be one.

We offer our prayer in the holy name of God, we offer our prayer together with Christ, our Lord. Amen.

Based on a prayer of  Richard Rohr ofm 

The point of life is not what we do but who we are.  Who we are is the foundation for what we do in life.  The authentic person is not simply the one who does many good things or important things.  It is a fantasy to think that we find our true selves in our roles and titles.  Rather we know our true selves when we wallow as who we are in the love of God.  There are no games, there is no hidden agenda.  It is that easy, it is that difficult.  It is about allowing ourselves to be vulnerable before a God who loves us, who calls us. So then we can stand before others as the person we are called to be, living our life as we are meant to live it.   Being matters, spirituality matters.