Prayer (Dedication to World Youth Day, Madrid, 2011)

prayer

Come sit with me,

Stay a while,

Do not fear,

You will come to no harm,

I want to share something you,

I want to show you what love is,

Let us kneel together,

For though much time has passed,

It is only right,

Now of all times,

Is to utter a prayer,

For what you are about to receive,

Hold my hand,

Listen to with your mind,

Listen with your heart,

Reach out with your entire mind,

Feel with all your soul,

Understand with your heart,

Sit with me and pray,

The power of prayer,

A simple minute of silence,

To daily hours of solitude in contemplation,

Are said throughout the world,

Echoing through all time,

Feel the voices,

The hopes,

The love,

The faith,

The belief,

The reconciliation,

And the sharing in prayer,

In unity, heart, mind, body and soul,

So listen with me,

In sweet silence,

Of a simple prayer,

Uttered not just for us,

But for mankind,

For in prayer,

We are united in divinity,

We are powerful,

And we are doing something to change,

The heart and mind of change,

Is rooted in the beliefs of a life in prayer,

So sit with me and pray,

Utter for me a prayer,

I'll utter for you one,

Famillies come together,

Communities around the world come as one,

In union of belief,

The power of a prayer has won,

With all the love we bear,

For all the trials life throws at us,

For tribulation that stirs and threatens us,

For all the sorrows, grief and woe of thorns,

Fear not,

Sit with me and pray,

Because I love you,

I care for you,

Let me be your step,

Let me sacrifice myself,

So that you might believe,

That you might hear my prayer,

To a path in the light,

Can you see it?

My family,

Your care, patience and sacrifice,

My friends,

Your love, dedication and sacrifice,

God,

Your unflailing love and dedication,

Jesus Christ,

Your unfailing love and sacrifice,

Our Mama Mary,

Your loving grace as a Mother's love for her children,

Come sit with me,

Stay a while,

Let me share with you,

An awesome power,

Untold throughout history,

Unmatched in simplicity,

Pure as light,

Has battled the darkness to take flight,

For as I am now to you,

We bear witness now and forever,

The love of a life in prayer,

Is the love that lasts past the edges of time,

For love and prayer go hand-in-hand,

So do you hear it?

The sweet silence,

Of prayer,

Hear,

Feel,

Understand and be aware,

So come with me,

Sit and stay a while,

Let me share a little gift with you,

Give me some of your time,

Your precious time,

Kneel with me,

Let me show,

The power of a prayer.

the end

“Put on love, which is the bond of perfection”

(Colossians 3:14)*

* Dedication to World Youth Day, Madrid, 2011 - from 16th - 21st August 2011