God of all times-
I know I should be happy.
There is a new baby, a new job, a new relationship
Spring comes, blooming
Summer hails, warming
Fall eases, tempering
Winter arrives, sparkling...
And, yet, I am in a season of discontent...
My laugh is forced. My energy wanes. My heart is heavy.
How long, O Lord, how long?
Alert me to your Presence and awaken me to your Love.
Float me on the river of your forgiveness and sail me on a sea of mercy and grace.
Let me see myself through your eyes- lovely, created, redeemed, and still under construction.
Bring me into Your Peace.
Bring me into Your Peace.
Bring me Your Peace.
Bring me Your Peace.
Bring Your Peace.
Bring Your Peace.
Bring Peace.
Bring Peace.
Peace.
Peace.
Peace.
Amen.
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Monday, April 15, 2013
Monday, December 3, 2012
Monday Prayer: The Call
Come, my Way, my Truth, my Life:
Such a Way, as gives us breath:
Such a Truth, as ends all strife:
And such a Life, as killeth death.
Come, my Light, my Feast, my Strength:
Such a Light, as shows a feast:
Such a Feast, as mends in length:
Such a Strength, as makes his guest.
Come, my Joy, my Love, my Heart:
Such a Joy, as none can move:
Such a Love, as none can part:
Such a Heart, as joys in love.
- George Herbert
Such a Way, as gives us breath:
Such a Truth, as ends all strife:
And such a Life, as killeth death.
Come, my Light, my Feast, my Strength:
Such a Light, as shows a feast:
Such a Feast, as mends in length:
Such a Strength, as makes his guest.
Come, my Joy, my Love, my Heart:
Such a Joy, as none can move:
Such a Love, as none can part:
Such a Heart, as joys in love.
- George Herbert
Monday, October 29, 2012
Monday Prayer: The Life that Gives Life
Holy Spirit, the life that gives life.
You are the cause of all movement;
You are the breath of all creatures;
You are the salve that purifies our souls;
You are the ointment that heals our wounds;
You are the fire that warms our hearts;
You are the light that guides our feet.
Let all the world praise you.
- Hildegard of Bingen
You are the cause of all movement;
You are the breath of all creatures;
You are the salve that purifies our souls;
You are the ointment that heals our wounds;
You are the fire that warms our hearts;
You are the light that guides our feet.
Let all the world praise you.
- Hildegard of Bingen
Monday, September 10, 2012
Monday Prayer: For World Suicide Prevention Day
God of all space and time,
There is darkness that exists which feels impenetrable.
Darkness that seems to overcome all light.
Darkness which swallows the will to live,
The desire to go on,
The possibility of grace,
The existence of hope.
There is darkness in this world, in some hearts, in some minds...
Darkness which makes a person feel separated from You and from Love.
You have created a light which no darkness can overcome,
But sometimes the darkness seems too great.
On this day, be with those who feel surrounded by darkness...
Who are afraid to speak of their plans,
Who are pondering in their hearts what seems the only end to their pain.
Be with those who have reached out, but not been believed.
Be with people who are left behind, who have questions, who blame themselves.
Send your Spirit of consolation and hope into the world on this day,
Turn up the Light of Love- burnish and banish the darkness,
Strengthen all to speak, to listen, to hold, and to share.
Holy God, we ask for the kind of peace- in hearts, minds, and all creation- that can only come from you.
Gracious God, hear our prayer.
And in your mercy, answer us.
There is darkness that exists which feels impenetrable.
Darkness that seems to overcome all light.
Darkness which swallows the will to live,
The desire to go on,
The possibility of grace,
The existence of hope.
There is darkness in this world, in some hearts, in some minds...
Darkness which makes a person feel separated from You and from Love.
You have created a light which no darkness can overcome,
But sometimes the darkness seems too great.
On this day, be with those who feel surrounded by darkness...
Who are afraid to speak of their plans,
Who are pondering in their hearts what seems the only end to their pain.
Be with those who have reached out, but not been believed.
Be with people who are left behind, who have questions, who blame themselves.
Send your Spirit of consolation and hope into the world on this day,
Turn up the Light of Love- burnish and banish the darkness,
Strengthen all to speak, to listen, to hold, and to share.
Holy God, we ask for the kind of peace- in hearts, minds, and all creation- that can only come from you.
Gracious God, hear our prayer.
And in your mercy, answer us.
Monday, August 27, 2012
Monday Prayer: A Confession
Loving, life-giving God, you have spoken to us, and called us to be your disciples.
Too often we allow ourselves to be silenced by those who are indifferent to our insights and our experience.
Forgive us and make us strong to raise our voices in hope.
We allow ourselves to be silenced by our own fear and self-doubt.
Forgive us and make us strong to raise our voices in hope.
We allow ourselves to be silenced by the structures of power which dominate and determine our lives.
Forgive us and make us strong to raise our voices in hope.
By our silence we allow the powers of injustice and death to have the last word.
Forgive us and make us strong to raise our voices in hope.
May we be silent no longer, but raise our voices to share what we have seen and heard.
It is Christ who meets us, calls us by our name, and sends us as his apostles.
Amen.
Pocket Prayers for Peace and Justice, compiled by Christian Aid. p. 51
Too often we allow ourselves to be silenced by those who are indifferent to our insights and our experience.
Forgive us and make us strong to raise our voices in hope.
We allow ourselves to be silenced by our own fear and self-doubt.
Forgive us and make us strong to raise our voices in hope.
We allow ourselves to be silenced by the structures of power which dominate and determine our lives.
Forgive us and make us strong to raise our voices in hope.
By our silence we allow the powers of injustice and death to have the last word.
Forgive us and make us strong to raise our voices in hope.
May we be silent no longer, but raise our voices to share what we have seen and heard.
It is Christ who meets us, calls us by our name, and sends us as his apostles.
Amen.
Pocket Prayers for Peace and Justice, compiled by Christian Aid. p. 51
Monday, August 6, 2012
Monday Prayer: Give us confidence
Holy Spirit, you have breathed over all things since the beginning
Breathe the confidence that comes from your knowledge over us
And into us.
Inspire our faith in what you have seen to be true,
What is even beyond our imagination.
Spirit of Love, flow through us and grant us
Confidence
That nothing can separate us from from the love of God.
Amen.
Breathe the confidence that comes from your knowledge over us
And into us.
Inspire our faith in what you have seen to be true,
What is even beyond our imagination.
Spirit of Love, flow through us and grant us
Confidence
That nothing can separate us from from the love of God.
Amen.
Monday, July 16, 2012
Monday Prayer: Possibility
God who knows and loves us...
Grace that is our nourishment and our inheritance...
Love that surrounds and gifts us...
Bring us today more fully into the possible...
Into the potential...
Into the people you have made us to be.
Grace that is our nourishment and our inheritance...
Love that surrounds and gifts us...
Bring us today more fully into the possible...
Into the potential...
Into the people you have made us to be.
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