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March 4, 2007
Pastor's Perspective
In Thomas Merton’s book Thoughts in Solitude there is a beautiful prayer of trust as we reach for his way . . .
Isn’t that the journey we are about in Lent?
My Lord God,
I have no idea where I am going.
I do not see the road ahead of me.
I cannot know for certain where it will end.
Nor do I really know myself,
and the fact that I think that I am following your will
does not mean that I am actually doing so.
But I believe that the desire to please You
does in fact please You.
And I hope I have that desire in all that I am doing.
I hope that I will never do anything
apart from that desire.
And I know that if I do this
You will lead me by the right road,
though I may know nothing about it.
Therefore I will trust You always
though I may seem to be lost
and in the shadow of death,
I will not fear, for You are ever with me,
and You will never leave me to face my perils alone.
Have a splendid Lent,
Fr. Chuck
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