PSALM OF WORK

PSALM OF WORK

I enjoy my work, for you've given it to me:

you are a God who works, and I work with your blessing.

You are there when I go to work in the morning:

I meet you in my friends as we greet one another;

as we prepare for the day, you speak to us through others:

you are in new ideas and the training we share;

my concentration reflects your loving care:

your creative power inspires my thoughts and actions.

When I help another it's you that I meet:

as I serve a customer, I am serving you;

when I am called to give account to my superiors:

it's your judgement I face and you will judge in fairness.

If others treat me harshly, I am only your servant:

Jesus was also the servant of others;

his work was to make your love visible:

in my successes I, too, am completing your work of creation.

Long ago monks were taught that to work is to pray:

help me see my task today as part of your purpose.

My achievements I offer to you:

exhausted I give you my life.