a poet’s notebook

A Franciscan Travel Blessing

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May God bless you with discomfort at easy answers,
half truths and superficial relationships
so that you may live deep within your heart.

May God bless you with anger at injustice,
oppression, and exploitation of people,
so that you may wish for justice, freedom, and peace.

May God bless you with enough foolishness
to believe that you can make a difference in this world,
so that you can do what others claim cannot be done.

From Ditch the Raft; via Via Negativa

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3 responses to “A Franciscan Travel Blessing”

  1. Randy Avatar

    Don’t those Franciscans come up with some of the strangest things? 🙂

  2. O Avatar

    Amen to that blessing.

  3. Ryan Schultz (Quiplash) Avatar

    That is beautiful, and I’m blogging it. Thanks sb!

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