Morning Prayer

My Lord and my God,
the sun has risen to open the last day of this week.
May this, the seventh day, be one of prayer and praise
and be filled with Your Divine Light.

Whatever this day holds behind its back, unseen by me -
be it play or work, treasures or troubles, rain or shine -
may I taste each of this day's gifts with zest.

In a harmony of sky and earth,
in a communion of life
that encompasses all the world and all peoples,
I now enter into sacred stillness.

Source: Edward Hays, Prayers for the Domestic Church