Weekly Devotional Passage from the School Chaplain: Don't Quit
Marie Campione for Fr. Tommy (lk)
Today's wise words are really a prayer. The Serenity Prayer was written by Reinhold Niebuhr. Reinhold Niebuhr was an American Reformed theologian, ethicist, commentator on politics and public affairs, and professor at Union Theological Seminary for more than 30 years. Many of you have probably heard of or maybe use the Serenity Prayer, especially the first part. Well, here is the entire prayer.
Serenity Prayer by Reinhold Niebuhr
God grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change; courage to change the things I can; and wisdom to know the difference.
Living one day at a time; enjoying one moment at a time; accepting hardships as the pathway to peace; taking, as He did, this sinful (and broken) world as it is, not as I would have it; trusting that He will make all things right if I surrender to His Will; so that I may be reasonably happy in this life and supremely happy with Him forever in the next. Amen.