Dear Lord, help me to do my work well;
to have the memory of an elephant;
and, by some miracle, to be able to do five things at once -
to answer four telephones while typing a letter that "must go out today"!
When the letter does not get signed until tomorrow, please give me the wisdom to keep my mouth shut.
Dear Lord, never let me lose my patience, even when the boss has me searching files for hours for the report that is later discovered on his desk.
Give me the intelligence of a college professor, although my education is limited to a high school diploma and secretarial training.
Help me to read his mind, his handwriting, and carry out all instructions without explanation.
Let me always know exactly where my boss is and when he will be back, even though he never tells me these things.
And Lord, when the year ends, please give me the foresight not to throw out records that will be asked for in a couple of days even though I have been told emphatically -"Destroy these! They are cluttering up the place".
And finally, when the week-end Parish Bulletin does not get to the web master until the Tuesday of the following week, let him remember that he, too, was once a secretary!!
I ask these blessings, dear Lord, in the name of secretaries everywhere. Amen