This is one of Thomas Merton’s most famous prayers, heart felt and full of humility, and reflecting the common struggle we all have with our temporal self.
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, pg. 83
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Here is Thomas Merton’s prayer as read by Fr. Matthew Kelty, OSCO,
a monk of the Abbey of Gethsemani
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