Great New Serenity Prayer for Folks like Us

Old 02-07-2013, 09:53 AM
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Great New Serenity Prayer for Folks like Us

Love this, which was posted on my FB vis an Ignatian Spirituality site. It was written by Fr. James Martin, S.J. The gist of it is, according this article, "There is a God, and I'm not Him."


A New Serenity Prayer

God, grant me the serenity
to accept the people I cannot change,
which is pretty much everyone,
since I’m clearly not you, God.
At least not the last time I checked.

And while you’re at it, God,
please give me the courage
to change what I need to change about myself,
which is frankly a lot, since, once again,
I’m not you, which means I’m not perfect.
It’s better for me to focus on changing myself
than to worry about changing other people,
who, as you’ll no doubt remember me saying,
I can’t change anyway.

Finally, give me the wisdom to just shut up
whenever I think that I’m clearly smarter
than everyone else in the room,
that no one knows what they’re talking about except me,
or that I alone have all the answers.

Basically, God,
grant me the wisdom
to remember that I’m
not you.

Amen
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I really needed that today. Thank you.
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Fr. Martin is wonderful. Anything he writes is worth reading. Thanks for posting.
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Amen!
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Originally Posted by ConfusedinCT View Post
Fr. Martin is wonderful. Anything he writes is worth reading. Thanks for posting.
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Glad you liked it! Here's the link to the site in general: Ignatian Spirituality – Prayer, Spiritual Direction, Retreats, and Good Decisions

I posted the link to the prayer in the original post...
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