Prayer from Thomas Merton

Nearly a decade ago, a beloved friend sent me a little card with a prayer on it from Thomas Merton, which he had picked up while visiting the Abbey of Gethsemani in Kentucky. I had reason to share that prayer with a friend in need today and thought I would share it here to. May God's richest blessings be upon you this day and always. In the name of the Father, and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit. Amen. 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 does not mean that I am actually doing so. But I believe that the desire to please you does in fact please you. And I hope 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 ever with me, and you will never leave me to face my perils alone. Amen. ††† by Thomas Merton from his book Thoughts in Solitude ©Abbey of Gethsemani.