My husband and I are preparing for Lent, but we are doing it in a peculiar fashion. After having been on the Keto diet for two months (and losing a combined 40lbs), my husband has discovered the world of keto sweets and non-sugar sweeteners. He ordered several of them, which arrived today -- the day before Lent. Ah boy... At the same time, I stumbled across this beautiful prayer from St. Thomas More, which seems to describe our intentions this last night before the ashes.
Prayer For Good Humor, St. Thomas More
Grant me, oh Lord, good digestion,
and also something to digest.
Grant me a healthy body, and
the necessary good humor to maintain it.
Grant me a simple soul that knows
to treasure all that is good
and that doesn’t frighten easily at the sight of evil,
but instead finds the means to put things
back in their place.
Give me a soul that knows not boredom,
grumbles, sighs, and laments,
nor excess of stress, because of that
obstructing thing called “I.”
Grant me, O Lord, a good sense of humor,
Allow me the grace to be able to take a joke
to discover in life a bit of joy,
and to be able to share it with others.
Amen
Saint Thomas More.
Midori Snyder is the author of nine books for children and adults, published in English, French, Dutch, and Italian. She won the Mythopoeic Award for The Innamorati, a novel inspired by early Roman myth and the Italian "Commedia dell'Arte" tradition....
