Loving Mother, you have created a world which is like a festival.
Help me follow you in your kindness and wisdom;
let me be open to any and all people at the banquet table -
the hungry, so I may be generous;
the suffering, so I may be compassionate;
the stranger, so I may be neighborly;
the disparate, so I may be curious;
the familial, so I may be content;
the young, so I may be enthusiastic;
the old, so I may be faithful.
May You always be present with us as we sing and dance at the Festival of Life.