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Dear friends,
You’ve likely heard of the Prayer of St. Francis, “Lord, make me an instrument of your peace . . .”. You might also have heard of the Reverse St. Francis Prayer, but maybe not. I just came across it for the first time last week on Facebook. I think it is as timeless as the original. I hope you can take a moment to read it and wonder if you can imagine yourself a ‘disturber’.
Lord, Make Me a Channel of Disturbance:
The “Reverse St. Francis Prayer”
Lord, make me a channel of disturbance.
Where there is apathy, let me provoke;
Where there is compliance, let me bring questioning.
Where there is silence, may I be a voice.
Where there is too much comfort and too little action, grant disruption.
Where there are doors closed and hearts locked,
Grant the willingness to listen.
When laws dictate and pain is overlooked…
When tradition speaks louder than need…
Grant that I may seek rather to do justice than to talk about it;
Disturb us, O Lord.
To be with, as well as for, the alienated;
To love the unlovable as well as the lovely;
Lord, make me a channel of disturbance.
~Author Unknown
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