Evening Prayer
For the love shared
we are grateful
For provision and nurture
we are grateful
For kindness given
we are grateful.
For the sorrow we’ve caused,
we pray for forgiveness
For injustices ignored,
we pray for forgiveness.
For the encounters with God today,
in stranger and friend,
we bid you welcome.
For the encounters missed today,
we know that you always see us even when we don’t see you. For tomorrow,
May we see you in ways expected and unexpected.
We welcome the dark of the night.
We make space for it, and we mark our place in it.
We remember that you, Jesus of Nazareth,
Lived through nights of consolation and desolation.
And you walked into the nights of those people you met,
inviting them to justice and truth, love and life.
We welcome the night,
and we welcome you into all our nights.
We pray for those whose nights are desolate,
that they may have the consolation of prayer,
peaceful solitude and community.
For a peaceful night,
we pray.
For a hopeful day,
we pray.
For a deeper generosity,
we pray.
-Padraig O’Tuama
at the Pilgrim's museum
final group meeting
final banquet
Toast from Brooke
Toast from Mike
Union group hug on the night of the 21st
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