Tuesday, September 13, 2022

Prayer: Prayer of Substitution

I pray for you . . . . . 

That does not mean that from 
Time to time, I pronounce certain 
Words while thinking of you. 

It means that I feel responsible for 
You in my flesh and in my soul, 
That I carry you with me as a 
Mother carries her child; 
That, I wish to share, 

I wish to draw entirely upon 
Myself all the harm and all the 
Suffering that menaces you. 
And I offer to God all my darkness 
So that he may return it to you in Light.

(This prayer, on a little card, was handed out to parishioners 40-50 years ago by a young nun who gavea. reflection at the Paulist Center, Boston.)




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