Prayer of Blessing the Work of Our Hands

Blessed be the works of your hands,

O Holy One.

Blessed be these hands that have

touched life.

Blessed be these hands that have

nurtured creativity.

Blessed be these hands that have held pain.

Blessed be these hands that have

embraced with passion.

Blessed be these hands that have

tended gardens.

Blessed be these hands that have

closed in anger.

Blessed be these hands that have

planted new seeds.

Blessed be these hands that have

cleaned, washed, mopped, scrubbed.

Blessed be these hands that are wrinkled and

scarred from doing justice.

Blessed be these hands that have reached out

and been received.

Blessed be these hands that hold the

promise of the future.

Blessed be the works of your hands,

O Holy One.

— Diann Neu