Monday, October 30, 2006
Prayer to St. Perpetua
O Perpetua,
standing there on the arena sands,
the witnesses to your death
said you steadied the hand
of the soldier there to take your life
so he could make a clean stroke
and send you on to that realm
where you would go to take up your martyr's crown,
fair witness to show the the things of true value in a dark and angry world.
O Perpetua,
Teach me not to waver
when the little ills and pains and setbacks of life seem overwhelming,
and steady my hand,
that I too may live as a witness
in a world that longs to demand other allegiances from me
and to take me far away from my walk with Christ.
When the dust of the world grows dense,
pray that I remember you, standing on those sands,
and in that moment's flash,
remember my true goal.
Amen.
Susan E. Stone, 2006
standing there on the arena sands,
the witnesses to your death
said you steadied the hand
of the soldier there to take your life
so he could make a clean stroke
and send you on to that realm
where you would go to take up your martyr's crown,
fair witness to show the the things of true value in a dark and angry world.
O Perpetua,
Teach me not to waver
when the little ills and pains and setbacks of life seem overwhelming,
and steady my hand,
that I too may live as a witness
in a world that longs to demand other allegiances from me
and to take me far away from my walk with Christ.
When the dust of the world grows dense,
pray that I remember you, standing on those sands,
and in that moment's flash,
remember my true goal.
Amen.
Susan E. Stone, 2006
Labels: Discipleship, Saints
