Here’s
a prayer written by Edward Hays.
Prayer
God
of Fools, Lord of Clowns and Smiling Saints,
we
rejoice in this playful prayer that you are a God of laughter and of tears.
Blessed
are you, for you have rooted within us
the
gifts of humour, lightheartedness, and mirth,
with
jokes and comedy, you cause our hearts to sing
as
laughter is made to flow out of us.
We
are grateful that your Son, Jesus,
who
was this world’s master of wit,
daily
invites us to be fools for your sake,
to
embrace the madness of your prophets, holy people, and saints.
We
delight in holy madness which becomes the very medicine
to
heal the chaos of the cosmos
since
it calls each of us out of the hum-drumness of daily life
into
joy, adventure, and, most of all, into freedom.
We,
who are so easily tempted to barter our freedom
for
tiny speckles of honour and power,
are
filled with gratitude that your Son’s very life has reminded us
to
value only love, the communion with other persons and with you,
and
to balance honour with humour.
With
circus bands and organ grinders,
with
fools, clowns, court-jesters, and comics,
with
high-spirited angels and saints,
we
too join the fun and foolishness of life,
so
that your holy laughter may ring out to the edges of the universe.
Blessed
are you, Lord our God, who invites us to be holy fools. Amen.
~
written by Edward Hays in Pray All Ways:
A Book for Daily Worship Using All Your Senses. http://www.amazon.ca/Pray-All-Ways-Worship-Senses/dp/0939516810
