Whether you’re getting ready to don a mask or costume or not,
this prayer can be helpful long before and long after Halloween…
Lord, help me not worry
about what I’m to wear, about all the daily costumes hanging in my closet…
Clothes don’t make a man
and clothes don’t make a woman:
it’s how my heart is dressed
that makes me who I am…
Help me take off all the costumes, Lord,
that hide my truest self:
pride and false humility,
authority and knowledge,
pretended self-assurance,
bravado and self-pity...
Help me take off all my masks, Lord,
the ones I wear
to try to hide from others and from you
– and even from myself –
the person you created me to be…
Help me take off all my masks
and reveal my fears and tears,
my worry and anxiety,
my pain and disappointment,
my doubt and my confusion
my hidden faith and strength,
my human worth and value,
my belief and trust in you
and my desire to be loved
– in other words –
reveal the true face of my heart, unmasked,
my soul laid bare for healing:
show me the person you created,
in your image, Lord, divine…
Help me find the hidden beauty
‘neath the costumes and the masks
worn by everyone around me
– beginning with myself –
and help me, Lord, to find and love
your holy face, unmasked,
in all I meet and know…
Protect us, Lord, while we’re awake
and watch over us while we sleep
that awake, we might keep watch with you
and asleep, rest in your peace…
Search me, oh God Reveal my heart Expose my sin that it may be confessed Search me, oh God Unveil each thought And leave no hidden motive unaddressed
Uncover every action born in pride Show me the worldly ways I still embrace May every anxious thought be brought to light And each unspoken fear with faith replaced
Search me, oh God Observe my life Bring to my mind each idle word I speak Search me, oh God Test my resolve And alert me where you find it weak
Reveal all weakened walls within my soul Show me potential dangers unforeseen Then clothe my conscience with your holiness Help me to guard it well and keep it clean
Search me, oh God That I may walk in peace Filled with the joy of knowing all is well My heart surrendered and my conscience clean So great a joy my tongue can scarcely tell Oh, what a joy to know that all is well
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