A New Kitchen Prayer

Lord, of all the pots and pans, and things

    Since I've not time to be

A Saint by doing lovely things

    Or watching late with Thee

Or dreaming in the dawn light

    Or storming heaven's gates,

Make me a Saint by getting meals

    And washing up the plates.

Although I must have Martha's hands,

    I have a Mary's mind,

And when I black the boots and shoes

    Thy sandals, Lord, I find.

I think of how they trod the Earth,

    Each time I scrub the floor,

Accept this meditation, Lord...

    I haven't time for more.

Warm all the kitchens with Thy love,

    And light it with Thy peace,

Forgive me all my worry

    And make my grumbling cease.

Amen