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