A Sunday Blessing

May this bright Lord's Day morning
Create a fresh forming in us all:

A renewed sense of grace 
To face this day, this week, this life; 

A rejuvenated determination
To treat others as we would be treated; 

A deeper appreciation 
For all that we have been given
And all from which we have been spared;

A more sincere caring
For the sick, the hungry, the naked, 
The stranger, the prisoner, the lonely; 

A greater faith
To move the mountains of our own indifferences, 
To return blessing for cursing, 
To endure evil without responding with evil, 
To pray for those who despitefully use us. 

To live a life
Worthy of our calling.

To show the world once again—
By our love for each and each other—
That we are yet disciples 
Of Him Who Loved Us.


H. Arnett
3/16/25