You have surrounded me with people who always look out for me. You have provided me with more than I could ever have imagined. Thank you, Lord, for the blessings you have bestowed on my life. Colleen Hanycz on 1/25/21 at the “Introduction to the Xavier Community” event upon her selection as the 35 th president of Xavier University A Simple Prayer of Gratitude And yet, we received everything that we needed. ![]() Lord, we have received nothing that we asked for or wanted. We asked for justice, and you called us to be just and to lead with integrity. We asked for love, and you gave us troubled people to help. We asked for patience, and you gave us situations where we were forced to wait. We asked for courage, and you gave us fears to overcome. We asked for prosperity, and you gave us purpose and brains to use. We asked for wisdom, and you gave us problems to solve. ![]() Loving Creator, We asked for strength, and you gave us difficulties to make us strong. Let us remember that we are in the holy presence of God. Before I begin, I would like to offer a brief prayer of thanksgiving that I have relied upon heavily, especially throughout the past year as we have suffered as a community, and as a nation, and as a world, in so many ways:
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