Lord,
at the start of the year
we put our house on the market,
expecting that it would sell
quickly.
It’s November now
and it still hasn’t sold.
But last night
I offered up my vigil Mass
in thanksgiving
for our new house.

I know
that we haven’t managed
to sell this house yet
and I’m aware
that we have no idea as yet
where our new house will be
or when we will get to buy it.

But I have commended all of this
to your care
and I don’t feel remotely concerned about it.
Instead,
I’m convinced that, right now,
our new house is in the pipeline
and this will all work out
absolutely fine.

And so, Lord,
tonight I give thanks to you
for our new house
knowing that,
wherever it will be,
it’s all in safe hands.

© Claire Murray, 5th November 2017