The prayer is by Archbishop Desmond Tutu

The prayer, today, is by Archbishop Desmond Tutu adapted from an original prayer by Sir Francis Drake. A great man called home. May he rest in peace and rise in glory and may perpetual light shine upon him

Disturb us, O Lord

when we are too well-pleased with ourselves 

when our dreams have come true because we dreamed too little, 

because we sailed too close to the shore.

Disturb us, O Lord

when with the abundance of things we possess, 

we have lost our thirst for the water of life 

when, having fallen in love with time, 

we have ceased to dream of eternity 

and in our efforts to build a new earth, 

we have allowed our vision of Heaven to grow dim.

Stir us, O Lord

to dare more boldly, to venture into wider seas 

where storms show Thy mastery, 

where losing sight of land, we shall find the stars.

In the name of Him who pushed back the horizons of our hopes 

and invited the brave to follow.

Amen