I was volunteering at Bering-Omega (an HIV/AIDS hospice) a couple months ago, and one of the residents had this prayer printed on a piece of paper, taped to a wall. It's a powerful and appropriate prayer for wherever we are in life:
"My Lord God,
I have no idea where I am going. I do not see the road ahead of me. I cannot know for certain where it will end. Nor do I really know myself, and the fact that I think I am following your will does not mean that I am actually doing so. But I believe that the desire to please You does in fact please You. And I hope I have that desire in all that I am doing. I hope that I will never do anything apart from that desire. And I know that, if I do this, You will lead me by the right road, though I may know nothing about it. Therefore I will trust You always though I may seem to be lost and in the shadow of death. I will not fear, for You are ever with me, and You will never leave me to face my perils alone."
Thomas Merton
Thoughts in Solitude
Thoughts in Solitude
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