This poem/prayer was included in a very effective and thought-provoking sermon at my church last Sunday. Perhaps we should take it to mind and heart given the "state of the nation and world today".
http://radicaldiscipleship.net/2015/02/28/patient-trust-prayer-of-teilhard-de-chardin/
http://radicaldiscipleship.net/2015/02/28/patient-trust-prayer-of-teilhard-de-chardin/