Monday Prayer: For Healthy Appetites

Give me a good digestion, Lord

And also something to digest. 

Give me a healthy body, Lord, 

With a sense to keep it at its best. 

Give me a healthy mind, good Lord, 

To keep the pure and good in sight, 

Which, seeing sins, is not appalled, 

But finds a way to set it right. 

Give me a mind that is not bored, 

That does not whimper, whine or sigh. 

Don't let me worry overmuch

About the fussy thing called "I". 

Give me a sense of humor, Lord, 

Give me the grace to see a joke, 

To get some happiness in life, 

And pass it on to other folk. 

- Sir Thomas More (1478-1535) 

Braybrooke, Marcus. 1000 World Prayers. John Hunt Publishing Ltd, Hampshire, UK. 2000. p. 140