Prayer for Awareness

As we gather this evening, in celebration and prayer, let us truly be with each other.
Let us pay attention to our breathing. Let us be at peace with our bodies and minds. Let us return to ourselves and become wholly ourselves. Let us feel the presence of the One, the Spirit that is among us and from which we are. Let us be aware of the source of goodness, grace, and love that is common to us all.

Evoking the presence of the One, let us fill our hearts with our own compassion ? toward others and towards all living beings. Let us pray that all people realize that they are interconnected, nourished from the same source of life.

Let us pray that we ourselves cease to be the cause of suffering to each other. Let us be honest with ourselves to live in a way which will not deprive other living beings of air, food, shelter, or a chance to live. With humility, with awareness of the existence of life, and of the sufferings that are going on around us, let us pray for the establishment of peace in our hearts and on earth.

Written and offered by Dr. Scott Chadwick
2013 Baccalaureate Mass