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Spiritual Direction Prayer
May. 11th, 2009 12:39 pmThe latest newsletter of Spiritual Directors International included a tribute to a Jesuit spiritual director named John Veltri who passed away recently. I'd never heard of him, but I really liked this prayer of his that was quoted in the article.
Teach me to listen, O God, to those nearest me, my family, my friends, my co-workers.
Help me to be aware that no matter words I hear, the message is "Accept the person I am. Listen to me."
Teach me to listen, My Caring God, to those far from me -- the whisper of the hopeless, the plea of the forgotten, the cry of the anguished.
Teach me to listen, O God my Mother, to myself. Help me to be less afraid, to trust the voice inside -- in the deepest part of me.
Teach me to listen, Holy Spirit, for your voice -- in the busyness and in boredom, in certainty and in doubt, in noise and in silence.
Teach me, O God, to listen.
Teach me to listen, O God, to those nearest me, my family, my friends, my co-workers.
Help me to be aware that no matter words I hear, the message is "Accept the person I am. Listen to me."
Teach me to listen, My Caring God, to those far from me -- the whisper of the hopeless, the plea of the forgotten, the cry of the anguished.
Teach me to listen, O God my Mother, to myself. Help me to be less afraid, to trust the voice inside -- in the deepest part of me.
Teach me to listen, Holy Spirit, for your voice -- in the busyness and in boredom, in certainty and in doubt, in noise and in silence.
Teach me, O God, to listen.
