St. Thomas More
Grant me, O Lord, good digestion,
and also something to digest.
Grant me a healthy body,
and the necessary good humor to maintain it.
Grant me a simple soul that
knows to treasure all that is good
and that doesn’t frighten
easily at the sight of evil,
but rather finds the means
to put things back in their place.
Give me a soul that knows not boredom, grumblings, sighs and laments,
nor excess of stress,
because of that obstructing
thing called “I.”
Grant me, O Lord, a sense of good humor.
Allow me the grace to be able to take a joke to discover in life a bit of joy,
and to be able to share it with others.
— St. Thomas More
