i hav here a prayer before going to a party..
Lord, i've been invited to a party. in _ minutes they'll pick me up, and i have this time to think about how i will share my happiness in the company of my friends.
i think you will be among the guests at this party. for haven't they invited you as they have so many people? are they aware that you are in every one of us?
if they never thought of this, please let me bring you to those who are not looking for you. i don't see how they could miss you when everything speaks of you! old things and new, the beautiful and the ugly -
you are in everything, as if in every moment, in every being, you are born anew.
Lord, help me to make people realize, as i too must realize that life's greatest tragedy is to ignore you. help me to bring to this party today the meaning of Christian joy, sa that the loud music may not drown your voice.
all this i ask you...
AMEN