Dear Netters
I would like to share the following prayer with you since I had to copy it
to send it a a friend of mine who visited me lately. I have had it on a bone
china plate plate in my kitchen since 1965. I have not been able to find a
similar plate since then.
When I googled for it I was surprised to learn that the prayer is attributed
to St. Teresa of Avila, however, my version has additional lines which I
have included in brackets.
I hope it will be appreciated by one and all, inspite of the fact that boots
and shoes are rarely blacked now a days and floors no longer scrubbed but
swapped. Am I right?
The Kitchen Prayer
attributed to St. Teresa of Avila
God walks among the pots and pans:
"Lord of all pots and pans and things, since I've no time to be a great
saint by doing lovely things, or watching late with Thee, or dreaming in the
dawnlight, or storming heaven's gates, make me a saint by getting meals, and
washing up the plates.
(Although I must have Martha's hands, I have a Mary mind, and when I black
the boots and shoes, Thy sandals, Lord I find. I think of how they trod the
earth, each time I scrub the floor; Accept this meditation Lord - I haven't
time for more.)Warm all the kitchen with Thy Love, and light it with Thy
peace; forgive me all my worrying, and make my grumbling cease.Thou who
didst love to give men food, in room, or by the sea, accept the service that
I do-I do it unto Thee."
Regards
Livia
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