PRAYER

Our Heavenly Father,

We thank you for this day,

And, despite all its trials and evils,

life is good--and the trials and evils can even

help make it better as we conquer them.

So help us to be thankful

for this day and every day,

and to treat each one as a precious

vessel to be filled to the full with meaning

and with love and with human service.

Through Jesus Christ our Lord.

Amen.