Welcoming Strangers-an Emmaus Community Story was written by Sue Rambow. The book is an inspiring, interesting and easy read, comprised of a little under one hundred pages. Sue belongs to the first CLC established in the Rocky Region, and her book is a story of many dedicated, loving, personal and communal responses to more than a generation of mission in the area of social justice.

O God,
I find myself at the beginning of another day.
I do not know what it will bring.
Please help me to be ready for whatever it may be.

If I am to stand up, help me to stand bravely.
If I am to sit still, help me to sit quietly.
If I am to lie low, help me to do it patiently.
If I am to do nothing, let me do it gallantly.

I pray just for today, for these twenty-four hours,
for the ability to cooperate with others according to the way Jesus taught us to live.
"Your kingdom come, your will be done on earth as it is in heaven."
May these words that he taught us become more than words.

Please free my thinking and feelings and the thinking and feelings of others,
from all forms of self-will, self-centeredness, dishonesty, and deception.
Along with my brothers and sisters,
I need this freedom to make my choices today according to your desires.
Send your Spirit to inspire me in time of doubt and indecision so that, together, we can walk along your path. Amen.

-J. Veltri, S.J.

Click Here to view more prayers for mornings and new beginnings from the jesuitresource.org website.