On the last day of the feast , the most important, Jesus was standing and cried out:
‘If anyone is thirsty let them come to me
and let whoever believes in me, drink.
As the Scripture says, rivers of living water will flow from his core. ‘
(He said this about the Spirit, which he was about to give to those who believed in him. For the Spirit was not yet present, because Jesus had not yet been glorified.)
God, give me grace to accept with serenity
the things that cannot be changed,
Courage to change the things
which should be changed,
and the Wisdom to distinguish
the one from the other.
Living one day at a time,
Enjoying one moment at a time,
Accepting hardship as a pathway to peace,
Taking, as Jesus did,
This sinful world as it is,
Not as I would have it,
Trusting that You will make all things right,
If I surrender to Your will,
So that I may be reasonably happy in this life,
And supremely happy with You forever in the next.
Amen.