Stevie’s Prayer
Hello Jesus My Friend,
Jesus, I would like to be able to run and play with the
other kids,
But since you have other plans for me, I choose your plan
today.
Jesus, for others who hurt you today by saying bad things,
Use my silent mouth to make up for the way they hurt you.
Jesus, for those who listened to things today that made you
sad,
I heard a bird sing to make you glad.
Jesus, for those who use their hands or feet to hurt others,
You can use my hands and feet to be a blessing for others.
Jesus, for all families that don’t love each other,
I give you my family to show them how to love.
Come Jesus, to think in my mind, to circulate in my blood,
To breathe in my breathing, to beat in my heart.
Come Jesus, you live in me and let me live in you.
Jesus, I Love You.
Amen.
Prayer is a common part of my every day. I have specific
times that I join our community for prayer, times that I pray on my own, times
we gather for Eucharist and certain prayers that I have found and pray at
different points in my day.
There is the Prayer to St. Michael that I end each day with,
the Angel of God is my final words as I drift off to sleep, my morning prayer
are words from Mother Teresa, my prayer to help me enter into the day is a
stewardship prayer and a prayer to the Holy Spirit. Not to mention the German
Prayer I pray at various times, the Prayer of St. Francis before the crucifix
that calls me to trust in this journey and there is the prayer that calls me to
keep my focus on serving in the name of Jesus.
I have always been fascinated by prayers and the way prayers
are shaped and what they are saying. Some have the right words for those times of sorrow or
hurting, others have words for rejoicing andgiving thanks and still others
have the right words for the journey of the day. There are thousands upon thousands
of printed prayers. People simply trying to express their relationship with
God. I know my journals are full of my own prayers, and I have a journal that I
keep prayers in that I have found that speak to me.
Over my time of waiting to join my Brothers at the Novitiate,
prayer continues to fill me with strength and patience. Certain words on
certain days pop out, on other days a specific prayer causes me to smile and
reminds me that Jesus is present and God does know what is on my heart. I am appreciating
the gift of prayer: spoken prayer, quite meditation, private prayer and
communal prayer. Our calling out to God is personal and intimate and yet communal
and public as we are members of the Body of Christ.
Last night before I went to bed I was reading a book of
prayers. Stevie’s Prayer at the beginning of this blog was one I found. Wow! What
a beautiful prayer, written by a young teenager who suffered from cerebral
palsy. (I believe he passed away a few years ago at the age of 15.) Stevie
added voice to my own daily prayer to be a living icon and living tabernacle of
Christ. His words touched my depth and I wanted to share the gift of his words
for your journey. His prayer reminded me to trust in God, to call to my mind my
actions and the words of the day, and to not be afraid to call out to Jesus and
offer my all in his name.
Jesus, I am continually yours, pray in and through me.
This day is yours, I walk with you.
Thank you for loving me and calling me to share my life as I
trust in you.
Let us never be afraid to voice our prayers to our loving
God.
Know of my continued prayers for you.
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