Easy answers and half-truths

A friend sent me these words recently—from a Franciscan blessing for justice and peace.

May God bless you with discomfort

at easy answers, hard hearts,

half-truths and superficial relationships.

May God bless you
so that you may live from deep within your heart
where God’s Spirit dwells.

May God bless you with anger

at injustice, oppression

and exploitation of people.

–Joy