A Prayer from the Iona Community

O Christ, the Master Carpenter,
who at the last through wood and nails
purchased our whole salvation;

wield well your tools in the workshop of your world,
so that we, who come rough-hewn to your bench,
may here be fashioned to a truer beauty by your hand.

We ask this in your name and for your sake. Amen.

– a prayer from the Iona Community, Scotland