Prayer of Universal Intentions

Let us choose the giving path

     that leads us from gathering

and returns us to offering 

     alms without question:

                                       let us be kind.

Let us greet someone new

     and appreciate the common 

and unique in the stories we tell

     as we open the door to our worlds:

                                                            let us share.

Let us say how we feel

     so that no emotion goes untold

and the songs of our heart are sung

     by the choir of man:

                                    let us listen.

Let us smile, laugh, and cry

     with those who suffer

and remind them they are not alone

     as we help lay down their burdens:

                                                          let us comfort.

Let us raise all spirits

     and bring light to the darkened soul

with sonnets of praise and gratitude

     of the beauty that surrounds us:

                                                     let us appreciate.

Let us heal ourselves and others

    with the power of simple offerings 

to those in need

     wherever they may be:  

                                       let us care.

Ken Owen   Van Niddy Press   August 2014