The following prayer by Thomas Merton is one that I like to give to graduates when they get anxious about moving on. It’s also a prayer I use myself when I am unsure if I’ve made the right decision. Currently I’m beginning the discernment process about whether or not I’m being called to the diaconate, so I expect to visit this prayer many times over the next few months:<\/p>\n
My Lord God, I have no idea where I am going.
\nI do not see the road ahead of me.
\nI cannot know for certain where it will end.
\nNor 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.
\nBut I believe that the desire to please you does in fact please you.
\nAnd I hope I have that desire in all that I am doing.
\nI hope that I will never do anything apart from that desire.
\nAnd I know that if I do this you will lead me by the right road though I may know nothing about it.
\nTherefore will I trust you always though I may seem to be lost and in the shadow of death.
\nI will not fear, for you are ever with me, and you will never leave me to face my perils alone.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
The following prayer by Thomas Merton is one that I like to give to graduates when they get anxious about moving on. It’s also a prayer I use myself when I am unsure if I’ve made the right decision. Currently I’m beginning the discernment process about whether or not I’m being called to the diaconate, … <\/p>\n
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