I am listening to an album called "Zero Church" by Suzzy and Maggie Roche.

There’s a song on it that feels relevant.  The author of the lyrics is unknown. The Roches were told that this prayer was written by Mother Teresa and
inscribed on the wall of her orphanage in Calcutta. However, Sister M.
Nirmala M.C. at the Missionaries of Charity in Calcutta wrote to us and
said that she did not write this prayer. Another source said that this
poem was found by Mother Teresa’s bedside when she died, written in her
own handwriting. It remains a mystery.

The CD is a collection of prayers, which were composed during a residency at the
Institute on the Arts & Civic Dialogue founded by Anna Deavere
Smith at Harvard University, which was funded in part by the Ford Foundation. (OTBKB Note: Anna Deavere Smith happens to be one of my heroes).

"The
Institute focuses on artistic collaboration and discovery while
exploring issues of race, identity, diversity and community."

The Roches spoke in depth to many people from different cultural and religious
backgrounds about their thoughts and feelings about prayers. They were "not focused on an academic or historical study of prayer, we were
simply interested in working with anyone who wished to share a prayer
with us.

"We
hoped to let our music reflect our conversations and experiences at the
institute. These songs are, for the most part, a collaboration with a
community," The Roches wrote album’s liner notes.
.

ANYWAY

People are often unreasonable, illogical,
and self-centered;
Forgive them anyway.

You see, in the final analysis,
it is between you and God;
It was never between you and them anyway

Author unknown

music by Maggie and Suzzy