A Prayer for Friday, February 22, 2013

Unaware (Ninth Day of Lent)

When it comes to other people, there is so much of which we are unaware; we do not and cannot know all of what is going on in their lives and we do not and cannot know all of what is going on in their hearts and minds.

Keep us mindful, O God, of such unawareness so as to deliver us from judgmentalism.

When it comes to other people, there is so much of which we need to be more unaware, such as the ways in which they are different from us and, especially, the ways in which we assume them to be inferior to us.

Keep us mindful, O God, that while differences are to be noted—we are who we are, after all—“different than” is not to be equated with “less than.”

Amen.