“Grant, O Lord, that my tongue may never stray from the path of truth, nor my lips speak what does not edify; and let every word that proceeds from me be seasoned with charity and shaped by Your wisdom. Strengthen me, that in all my speech I may reflect Your light, turning neither to idle talk nor to harshness, but to that which brings peace and builds up my neighbor.”
–Desiderius Erasmus (1466–1536)
Source: Desiderius Erasmus, Precationes, in Opera Omnia, vol. 5 (Basel: Froben, 1524), 233.
Reflection: Where do my words most need to be reshaped by charity and truth in the conversations I face this week?