PRAYER

Father, grant me one more prayer

That I might leave unsettled there

Between the date that old life expired

And the time when this life retires

For a while before you raise us up

So that at your banquet, we may sup.

Thank you for you graceful whole

Which resides in the midst of foe.

Thank you for your serenity

And your problem-solving creativity.

Creation teaches us to learn

Creation, boundless to our yearns

Wields contempt for humanity

At times, it seems, at least to me,

But still we pray, hope never to cease

Until your heavenly reality, your divine peace.

So come, Oh God, look upon Eva

A woman grieved with unfulfillment, a lack of the divine

A woman who is humanity as it begins to unwind.

You are human, Lord, you are the One

Because you were able to give your Son

So praise be to you, who alone are worthy

Praise be to God, our only trophy

We live for your truth and we walk in your path

We stumble and fall, we get lost in your wrath.

Oh Brother, complete my prayers in this meager attempt

To make them beautiful, to repent

My human condition, my depravity

But for your love, my inability

To be blessed and bless them, in your name

The ones who do not know their shame

The shame we share in our current state

The shame that will be overcome in our shared fate

But only through you, Lord, and your great deed

Only if your Son intervenes.