Liturgy 029: Daily Bread
🙏 A Poem and a Blessing for Enough
Give me neither poverty nor riches,
but give me only my daily bread.
Otherwise, I may have too much
and disown you and say,
‘Who is the Lord?’
Or I may become poor and steal,
and so dishonor the name of my God.
—Proverbs 30
This then is how you should pray…
Give us today our daily bread
—Jesus of Nazareth
🙏 A Prayer
Lord
I am rich
I woke up
with conditioned
air
There is
a steel box
storing my food
at optimal
temperatures
above freezing point
I think a thought
and I ask
networks of networks
of computing systems
for a response
In an instant
it tells me
Kendrick
just wrote
another grown
man poem
At any given moment
with minimal effort
I can speak
with persons I love
My mother, my father, my sisters, my friends
All 9 digits and a green button away
Instead
I compute
moving images of
what I do not have
And my soul
is convinced
seduced and
coaxed
You do not have enough
Lord help me to see
The provided bread
And may I be nourished
in mind body and soul
this day
Amen
🕊️ A Blessing
May you smell the fresh bread.
This day is the day made by your LORD.
Rejoice and be glad.
In the Name of God
Revealed to us as
Father, Son, and
Holy Spirit
Amen
"Kendrick
just wrote
another grown
man poem"
Love this line! ha