In the book, "Home", by Marilynne Robinson, Jack struggles with alcohol addiction and is alienated from his large family. He returns as his minister father is dying, and one night at a family dinner, he reads the following prayer which he has written out on paper:
"Dear Father, you are patient and gracious beyond our understanding. . .You let us hope for forgiveness when we can find no way to forgive ourselves. You bless our lives even when we have shown ourselves to be utterly ungrateful and unworthy. May we be strengthened and renewed--to make us less unworthy of blessing, through these your gifts of sustenance, of friendship, and family."
