Prayer
Reverend Janet M. Cooper Nelson
Source of our soul;
Blessing beyond measure;
Foundation for every sacred vision
We offer in these bright days of Spring,
The labors, nearly complete, of this academic year
Hope of every heart;
Metric of worthy endeavor;
May our offerings bring
Authentic faith and compassion,
Humility and gratitude,
Accomplishment that hungers still for understanding.
You are at the depths of all that we seek to understand:
Sustain our vision and discipline to learn fully.
Cathedrals burn; leaders fail.
Abide with us.
Animate our paralysis.
Illumine our sorrow’s shadows
Walk the road from fear and death with us.
Break the bread anew.
So startled by hope,
May we see you,
Know you,
Ourselves, anew
“We beg you,
Make us truly alive” 1
Always,
Amen.
The Reverend Janet M. Cooper Nelson
Chaplain of the University, April 2019
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Communion prayer of Serapion of Themius
34 Spring 2020