Prayer for Courage

Courage comes from the heart
and we are always welcomed by God
the Croi (Heart)* of all being.
 
We bear witness to our faith,
Knowing that we are called
to live lives of courage,
love and reconciliation
in the ordinary and extraordinary
moments of each day.
 
We bear witness, too, to our failures
And our complicity in the fractures of our world.
 
May we be courageous today.
May we learn today.
May we love today.
Amen.

By Pádraig Ó Tuama from “Daily Prayer with the Corrymeela Community” (2017)

*The Irish word Croi, pronounced Kree, means heart.

Pádraig Ó Tuama is staff poet and theologian at the On Being Project and hosts the Poetry Unbound podcast.  From 2014-2019, Pádraig led the Corrymeela Community, Ireland’s oldest peace and reconciliation organization.