Knowledge Prayer

God,
Grant me
To know
Who you are,
Who I am,
Who others are,
That I may love
Myself, my God and my world.
In knowing these, may praise rise
From every creature, rock and stream
And every tree whose branches brush the sky,
Together with all planets, moons and stars.
In praising these, lead me to dance and sing and cry
And in the gathering rapture of song and dance to die.


—Eric Nelson