(26 Prayers to St. Peter)
440 · 3 July 03
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1. Watch over us, we stand on edges of the world dreaming of walking away.
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2. Watch over us, we are sentinels who have forgotten where we live, or learned too well to doubt.
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3. Give us moments of isolation.
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4. Give us moments of release.
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5. Show us the lines between distraction and joy.
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6. Prepare us to face adversity.
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7. Give us once chance, every day, to imagine one other person's sorrow.
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8. Help us remember that history is our wisdom.
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9. Reward us when we excel.
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10. And be patient when we fail.
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11. Teach us to love as well as we hate.
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12. Remind us that when we must wait, we can wait together.
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13. Don't misconstrue our tributes.
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14. Don't expect us to believe when we can wonder.
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15. Know that we have our own lives, and you are only here with us on unusual days.
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16. Learn what we need, and what keeps us apart.
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17. Elicit our own divinity.
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18. And demur gracefully when we celebrate ourselves in your image.
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19. You are never the real hero of our parades.
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20. But sit with us through the hopeless instants.
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21. And know that what we do to each other is out of your control.
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22. Watch over us. Some of this is for your amusement.
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23. But most of it has its own delirious logic.
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24. Watch over us when we are brave enough to stand alone in crowds.
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25. But leave us to our own realizations.
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26. Watch how we manage to live, and learn whatever you can for your next time.