A Summer Prayer:

Father, Creator of all, thank You for summer!

Thank you for the warmth of the sun

and the increased daylight.

Thank You for the beauty I see all

around me and for the opportunity to

be outside and enjoy Your creation.

Thank You for the increased time I

have to be with my friends and family,

and for the more casual pace of the summer season.

Draw me closer to You this summer.

Teach me how I can pray no matter

where I am or what I am doing.

Warm my soul with the awareness of

Your presence and light my path with

Your Word and Counsel.

As I enjoy Your creation, create in me

a pure heart and a hunger and a thirst for You.

Amen.

(Taken from "Letters From a Young Catholic" Blog)