Prayer to heal our Memories

Penetrate these murky corners    where we hide our memories    and tendencies on which we do not care to look,    but which we will not yield freely up to you,    that you may purify and transmute them. The persistent buried grudge,    the half-acknowledged enmity    which is still smouldering,    the bitterness of that loss    we have not turned into sacrifice,    the private comfort we cling to,    the secret fear of failure    which saps our initiative    and is really inverted pride,    the pessimism which is an insult to your joy. Lord, we bring all these to you,    and we review them    with shame and penitence    in your steadfast light