Tuesday, 15 May 2012

Our Prayer

God in
all of us
re-
membered be your name.

Our re-
public come,
our wills be one
for all,

and all for one.

Here

we will
grow, reap, grind, knead, bake,
then slice
our daily bread.

Trespasses?
The measure for mercy is ours:
we ask for no more than we give.

Lead us not into temptation, which is
to strip the evil
which occurs with good
in 'us'
and stick it into 'them'.

For ours is the human condition,
the power and the story

of Now and Again

- recurring

Amen

Stephen Yeo, Oxford
the Friend 4 May 2012

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