Loving Father

Loving Father,
all the fancy words
in the world,
expressed in eloquent prose,
decorated with emotion,
spoken with conviction,
cannot compete with a heartfelt
'sorry'
when all other words fail.
There are times
when we are all too aware
of our limitations,
conscious of sin,
and the distance it creates between us.
Sometimes 'sorry'
is all the heart can bear to say aloud.
It is only you
who can read and understand
the language of our hearts,
only you who can translate our 'sorry'
into the prayer we would have prayed,
if we had the words within us.
Then you forgive,
and having forgiven
surround us in an embrace of love,
drawing us close to your heart,
as it was always meant to be.
Thank you, Loving Father,
that you listen to hearts,
as well as voices
Thank you.

Printable Catholic Prayer PDFs

A Prayer for Ash Wednesday - Gracious God, today begins a period of inner ...
Anglican Ash Wednesday Collect - Almighty and everlasting God, you hate nothing ...
Ash Wednesday Prayer - Jesus, you place on my forehead the sign of my ...
Come all who are thirsty - Come, all who are thirsty says Jesus, our ...
Eastern Sinner's Prayer - O my all-merciful God and Lord, Jesus Christ, ...
Forty Days - Forty days alone, a wilderness of thoughts, ...
God Is - God is our refuge in times of trouble, keeping ...
Grant us... - Lord, grant us simplicity of faith and a ...
Growing With You - Lord, we would grow with you New shoots reaching ...
Jesus, Lamb of God - Jesus, Lamb of God, when you walked this ...
Lenten Prayer - You were a man of suffering acquainted with ...
Lenten Prayer (2) - It is customary, Lord to give something up ...
Loving Father - Loving Father, all the fancy words in the ...
Opening Catholic Collect for Ash Wednesday - Father in Heaven, Protect us in our struggle ...
Prayer for Aid in Fasting - Hanging as a vine upon the Wood, O Christ our ...
Prayer for Ash Wednesday - I already feel that I have entered into the ...
Prayer of St. Ephraim the Syrian - O Lord and Master of my life, give me not the ...
Prayer to Jesus - You chose a people for your own, to lavish love ...
The Jesus Prayer - Lord Jesus Christ, Son of God, Have mercy on me, ...