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Holy, holy, holy God,
I am a person of unclean lips–
     I have said cruel words,
     and have left unsaid kind ones.
I dwell among people of unclean lips—
     there are bigoted words about
     race, tradition, age, gender, orientation;
     there are gossip and slander,
     political deceit, false advertising,
     corporate manipulation, religious hypocrisy.

Holy, holy, holy God,
purify my words and send me, angel-driven,
with your message for my world. Amen.

—Maren Tirabassi and Joan Jordan Grant, An Improbable Gift of Blessing: Prayers and Affirmations to Nurture the Spirit, p. 48