MIA Prayer Intention: A Listening Heart
As we contemplate the pain and suffering of many throughout the world during this time of global uncertainty we heed the words of poet John Fox from Finding What You Didn’t Lose.
When someone deeply listens
to you, it is like holding out a
dented cup you’ve had since
childhood and watching it fill
up with cold, fresh water.
When it balances on top of the
brim, you are understood.
When it overflows and
touches your skin
You are loved.
When someone
deeply listens
to you, the room
where you stay
starts a new life and
the place where you
wrote your first poem
begins to flow in your
mind’s eye. It is as if
gold has been discovered!
When someone deeply
listens to you, your bare
feet are on the earth
and a beloved land that
seemed distant is now at
home within you.
We pray,
Listener of our Deepest Self, the ear of your heart is forever attentive to us.
We call and you respond. We turn and you embrace. We look and you gaze.
We search and you lead. We lose and you find. We wander and you return us home.
Grant us the grace to be a reflection of your presence.
Remind us often to let go of vain ambition when it pushes us to control or impede
What you are stirring within the one whom we companion.
Thank you for the privilege of walking with those who desire to set their hearts on you.
Amen.