Prayer of Blessing the Work of Our Hands

Blessed be the works of your hands,
O Holy One.
Blessed be these hands that have touched life.
Blessed be these hands that have nurtured creativity.
Blessed be these hands that have held pain.
Blessed be these hands that have embraced with passion.
Blessed be these hands that have tended gardens.
Blessed be these hands that have closed in anger.
Blessed be these hands that have planted new seeds.
Blessed be these hands that have cleaned, washed,
mopped, scrubbed.
Blessed be these hands that are wrinkled and scarred
from doing justice.
Blessed be these hands that have reached out and
been received.
Blessed be these hands that hold the promise of the
future.
Blessed be the works of your hands,
O Holy One.1