Dialoguing Prayers

*Picture taken at the Mission in Lompoc, CA

Prayer of a Stroke Patient

I have forgotten how to pray

My sacred texts.

The ones that sustained me

Through childhood and adolescence,

My daily bread,

My forgiven trespasses.

Am I still forgiven?

Am I still fed?

I can’t remember what the prayer says

About those who have forgotten.
 

Chaplain’s Prayer

Our Father, who art in the essence of our beings,

To be alive is a frightening thing.

May your peace come to fullness inside of us.

May your wholeness be achieved

In our impermanence as it is in eternity.

Give us today your presence,

And remember for us when we have forgotten,

As we recall your name for those who can’t remember,

And lead us not into an illusion of separation,

But deliver us from anything but union.

Amen.