Pray This

"My Lord God

I have no idea where I am going

I do not see the road ahead of me

I cannot know for certain

where it will end.

Nor do I really know myself,

and the fact that I think I am

following your will doesn't mean

that I am doing so.

But I believe that my desire to

please you does, in fact,

please you. And I hope that I have

that desire in all that I am doing.

I hope that I will never do

anything apart from that desire.

And I know that if I do this, you will

lead me by the right road though I

may know nothing about it.

Therefore, I will trust you

always though I may seem to be

lost and in the shadow of death.

I will not fear for you are with me

and you will never leave me

to face my perils alone."

-Thomas Merton (1915-1968)