Radically Happy

Hat tip to The Prayer of St Francis

Father God, make me an instrument of your authority.
Where there are divisions, let me bring your unity.
Where there are grievances, let me bring justice.
Where there is confusion, let me bring truth.
Where there is surrender, let me bring victory.
Where there is shame, let me bring identity.
Where there is loss, let me bring abundance.

O, Divine Master, grant that I may not so much seek
To be served as to serve
To be honored as to honor
To be valued as to value

For it is emptying that we are filled
In suffering that we are healed
And in losing that we win.
Amen.

Originally posted in 2005