Morning Prayer

Teach us to listen, O God,
To those nearest to us, our families, our friends, our co-workers, and our fellow students.
Help us to be aware that no matter what words we hear, the message is "Accept the person I am. Listen to me."

Teach us to listen, our caring God, to those far from us, the whisper of the hopeless, the plea of the forgotten, and the cry of the anguished.

Teach us to listen, Holy Spirit, for your voice in busyness and in boredom, in certainty and in doubt, in noise and in silence.

Teach us, Lord, to Listen.
Amen