Leigh Pastoral Area

Prayer of Thomas Merton

My Lord God, I have no idea where I am going.
I do not see the road ahead of me.
I cannot know for certain where it will end.
Nor do I really know myself,
and the fact that I think I am following your will
does not mean that I am actually doing so.
But I believe that the desire to please you
does in fact please you.
And I hope I have that desire in all that I am doing.
I hope that I will never do anything
apart from that desire.
And I know that if I do this, you will lead me by the
right road, though I may know nothing about it.
Therefore, I will trust you always.
Even though I may seem to be lost and in the
shadow of death, I will not fear, for you are with me,
and you will never leave me to face my perils alone.