Showing posts with label Tuesday Prayer. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Tuesday Prayer. Show all posts
Tuesday, January 31, 2012
Tuesday, July 19, 2011
Tuesday Prayer
I don't have much scripture committed to memory, but the following is one that is rolling through my heart a lot lately. I am pretty sure it is from a Psalm, and I am pretty sure this is a "karla-phrase"--close but not quite the NRSV version. As it rolls through my heart and soul, it is a song learned long, long ago.
The steadfast love of the Lord never ceases-
God's mercies are new every day....
They are new every morning,
new every morning,
Great is thy faithfulness, O God,
Great is thy faithfulness.
Today,
I am oh so grateful for the tender mercies that are new every morning.
Peace, and mercy and faithfulness be yours today. Amen.
The steadfast love of the Lord never ceases-
God's mercies are new every day....
They are new every morning,
new every morning,
Great is thy faithfulness, O God,
Great is thy faithfulness.
Today,
I am oh so grateful for the tender mercies that are new every morning.
Peace, and mercy and faithfulness be yours today. Amen.
Tuesday, July 27, 2010
Tuesday Prayer--Trinitarian Tune (Inclusive Language)
God our Father, God our Mother.
Holy Spirit.
Jesus Christ.
You are holy. You are awesome.
Gentle Lover. Three in One.
(May be sung to the tune of the song, "Sanctuary." Lyrics by Cody E. Maynus.)
Holy Spirit.
Jesus Christ.
You are holy. You are awesome.
Gentle Lover. Three in One.
(May be sung to the tune of the song, "Sanctuary." Lyrics by Cody E. Maynus.)
Tuesday, May 25, 2010
Tuesday Prayer--A Benediction
A Benediction
May your Ultimate Concern, the Divine, the Real, the Triune God, the God of many names, guide your paths and be with you. May you find meaning in your existence in light of the values you hold true. May you find comfort and acceptance in a loving, graceful, and creative God. Amen.
--The Rev. Dr. Wanda Deifelt, Associate Professor of Religion, Luther College, Decorah, Iowa.
Tuesday, May 11, 2010
Monday, April 26, 2010
Tuesday Prayer--A Prayer to St. Brigid of Ireland
Saint Brigid
You were a woman of peace.
You brought harmony where there was conflict.
You brought light to the darkness.
You brought hope to the downcast.
May the mantle of your peace cover those who are troubled and anxious,
and may peace be firmly rooted in our hearts and in our world.
Inspire us to act justly and to reverence all God has made.
Brigid you were a voice for the wounded and the weary.
Strengthen what is weak within us.
Calm us into a quietness that heals and listens.
May we grow each day into greater wholeness in mind, body and spirit.
Amen
--Source
Editor's note: Both of my friend's grandmothers died this past week. They were both very strong, very Irish women. This prayer is posted in their honor. I put the link of the website that I found it from, but did not see an author.
Tuesday, April 20, 2010
Tuesday Prayer--An Adaptation of the Prayer of Jesus
Eternal Spirit,
Life-Giver, Pain-Bearer, Love Maker,
Source of all that is and that shall be,
Father and Mother of us all,
Loving God, in whom is heaven:
The Hallowing of your Name echo through the universe!
The Way of your Justice be followed by the people of the world!
Your Heavenly Will be done by all created beings!
Your Commonwealth of Peace and Freedom sustain our hope and come on earth!
With the bread we need for today, feed us.
In the hurts we absorb from one another, forgive us.
In times of temptation and test, strengthen us.
From trials too great to endure, spare us.
From the grip of all that is evil, free us.
For your reign is the glory of the power that is love, now and forever. Amen.
--Jim Cotter "Spirit Prayer"
Life-Giver, Pain-Bearer, Love Maker,
Source of all that is and that shall be,
Father and Mother of us all,
Loving God, in whom is heaven:
The Hallowing of your Name echo through the universe!
The Way of your Justice be followed by the people of the world!
Your Heavenly Will be done by all created beings!
Your Commonwealth of Peace and Freedom sustain our hope and come on earth!
With the bread we need for today, feed us.
In the hurts we absorb from one another, forgive us.
In times of temptation and test, strengthen us.
From trials too great to endure, spare us.
From the grip of all that is evil, free us.
For your reign is the glory of the power that is love, now and forever. Amen.
--Jim Cotter "Spirit Prayer"
Tuesday, April 13, 2010
Tuesday Prayer
Springtime Prayer
O Dancer of Creation,
the earth awakens to an urgent call to grow.
In the hidden recesses of my wintered spirit
I, too, hear the humming of your voice,
calling me, wooing my deadness back to life.
My soul yawns, stretches, quickens,
as the energy of Spring revives my weariness.
I sit with wonder, observing the steady activity
of downy woodpeckers and newly yellowed finch.
I do so wait with the avid attention of a child's first look,
savoring the colors and shapes of earth's loveliness.
As the filtering patterns of early sunlight
lift the shades of green in every growing thing,
I enter into spring's unlettered words of life.
For a while my doubts, anxieties, and worries
become like chapters in some ancient book
whose text no longer claims my full attention.
I am content to sit, watching Spring
turn the pages of this animated publication,
eager to discover the invigorating story
reflected in my own springtime revelation.
Tell me, Wise Awakener,
why is it easier to believe in a stem of new grass,
or the opening bud of a fresh purple crocus,
than it is to believe in the greening of me?
---Joyce Rupp
Taken from Prayers to Sophia. Copyright 2000 by Joyce Rupp. All Rights Reserved. Used by permission of Innisfree Press, Inc.
O Dancer of Creation,
the earth awakens to an urgent call to grow.
In the hidden recesses of my wintered spirit
I, too, hear the humming of your voice,
calling me, wooing my deadness back to life.
My soul yawns, stretches, quickens,
as the energy of Spring revives my weariness.
I sit with wonder, observing the steady activity
of downy woodpeckers and newly yellowed finch.
I do so wait with the avid attention of a child's first look,
savoring the colors and shapes of earth's loveliness.
As the filtering patterns of early sunlight
lift the shades of green in every growing thing,
I enter into spring's unlettered words of life.
For a while my doubts, anxieties, and worries
become like chapters in some ancient book
whose text no longer claims my full attention.
I am content to sit, watching Spring
turn the pages of this animated publication,
eager to discover the invigorating story
reflected in my own springtime revelation.
Tell me, Wise Awakener,
why is it easier to believe in a stem of new grass,
or the opening bud of a fresh purple crocus,
than it is to believe in the greening of me?
---Joyce Rupp
Taken from Prayers to Sophia. Copyright 2000 by Joyce Rupp. All Rights Reserved. Used by permission of Innisfree Press, Inc.
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