The Beauty of Prayer

The beauty of prayer
is anywhere,

pewless,
without candle or book
or holy water.

We can pray in a mall
or in the stall
on our way
or off the wall.

Even just the wish
to pray, Thomas Merton says,
is a gift of great grace.

Pray at work,
pray at play.
Thich Nhat Hanh says,
relax.

That’s the way to prayer
like holding a garden hose
full of spright spray
against a wildfire.

Published by Joe Linker

6 Comments

  1. The Thrifty Campers says:
    August 19, 2017 at 5:32 am

    prayer*

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  2. The Thrifty Campers says:
    August 19, 2017 at 5:31 am

    Isn’t that what’s so great about parayet?🙂 You can do ot absolutely anywhere even within your own thoughts

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  3. Dan Hen says:
    August 5, 2017 at 12:13 pm

    I pray you won’t take this pray thing too far .

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    1. Joe Linker says:
      August 5, 2017 at 1:05 pm

      Is it too late?

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    2. Carol Smith says:
      August 6, 2017 at 11:03 pm

      Nice, poem especially: the water hose sprinkler cascading over a raging fire

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      1. Joe Linker says:
        August 7, 2017 at 8:33 am

        Hi, Carol. Thx for visiting and commenting!

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