By: Sr. Jasmin A. Peralta, SSC

Chunchon Community
Chunchon City
Kang Won Do, Korea

Lord, I affirm the mind you have given me.
May I think only for the good of others
rather than a scheme to destroy.

Lord, I affirm the eyes you have given me
May I see the goodness of each as one as you do.
May I look at others with compassionate eyes rather than a cold, empty stare.

Lord, I affirm the nose you have given me. May I breathe both the sweet scent of hope and foul, rotten smell of our broken world
May I breathe in and breathe out that Spirit you breathe unto me.

Lord I affirm the ears you have given me.
May I listen earnestly to the details of the story of each disturbed, troubled, searching soul who confides to me in trust rather than just hear murmurs of complaint.

Lord, I affirm the ears you have given me
May I speak words of comfort to others rather than a vindictive curse.

Lord, I affirm the face you have given me.
May I give pleasant, glowing smile to everyone
I meet rather than a grin of indifference

Lord, I affirm the shoulders you have given me
May I share the burdens of my sisters and bothers rather than a shrug of not getting involved.

Lord, I affirm the arms you have given me.
May I embrace everyone regardless of color, religion, sex, ideology, status rather than strike in fury those who do not e spouse my ideas.

Lord, I affirm the hands you have given me
May I open them to touch and to heal those violently wounded rather than clench a fist for revenge.

Lord, I affirm the heart you have given me.
May it beat the same rhythm of the Jesus Prayer:
‘Jesus Christ, Son, of the Living God, have mercy on me a sinner.’
May I feel compassion and empathy with the outcast of this world.
May I continue to Love till it no longer hurts rather than grow cold and severe

Lord, I affirm the breast you have given me.
May I generously choose to nurture the orphans of our world rather than have them suckled by my own children.

Lord, I affirm the womb you have given.
May I choose to let it be barren to give birth and to mother the parentless children of this world rather to fulfill my own motherhood, a natural desire of every woman.

Lord, I affirm the legs you have given me.
May I always stand beside and on the side of the powerless rather than standby to support the powerful.

Lord, I affirm the feet you have given me
May I never grow tired in journeying with your people wherever they are rather than trample them like dirt.

Lord, I affirm the human body you have given me that yearns for passionate intimacy with another human being. May I deliberately choose to be available and free for you and your Kingdom rather than be exclusive to just one person.

Lord, I affirm and offer all of these gifts to you.
May I use them to find to manifest the generosity of the giver.

Lord, thank you for believing in my capacity to participate in the building of your Kingdom here on earth.
Give me the faith to believe that you believe in me.

Glory and honour be yours now and for the ages to come. Amen.