Prayer: All Saints

God of the generations,
when we set our hands to labor,
thinking we work alone,
remind us that we carry
on our lips
the words of prophets,
in our veins
the blood of martyrs,
in our eyes
the mystics’ visions,
in our hands
the strength of thousands.

~ written by Jan L. Richardson, and posted on The Painted Prayerbook. http://paintedprayerbook.com/