Draw Me Into Your Friendship

Coptic Icon: “Christ And His Friend.” – 8th Century, Egypt.
Lord Jesus, from the start
You invite ordinary people to come to where you live.
 
When they come, you welcome them
and call them to labor and rejoice with you.
 
You are the most beautiful among men,
and I hardly believe you want me for your friend.
 
You are powerful, Lord.
 
Draw me more and more into your friendship
and lead me along the way you took with friends.
 
Joseph Tetlow, SJ, retreat director and author