A Prayer for a Hospitable Heart

Jesus,

the generous hospitality of your heart

kept people safe

as they undertook their journeys

towards greater understanding,

encouraged them fittingly

as they moved forward,

held them kindly

when they blundered on the way,

and welcomed them warmly

as they drew nearer to you.

May we show

a like generosity in making

safe, appropriate, kindly

and welcoming spaces

in which others can explore

new understandings;

and may we know and respond

with a willing openness

when others

offer such spaces to us

as we undertake those

journeys ourselves.

Amen.

A prayer by Pat Bennet in Corrymeela's Spirituality of Conflict, 24/4/22