Lacy Sietsema

Bless this new year, Loving God.I ask that your power of love will be with meas I begin this year of grace, 2025.May I be a blessing this dayand every day for those I meet.

The Christ child lay in the ox’s stall.The stars shone great and the stars shone small,but one bright star outshone them all.The cattle stood in the cleanly strawand strange to them was the sight they saw.The ox and donkey watched with awe.The shepherds ran from the uplands wide,the sheepbells tinkled, the angels criedjoy to the

Come, Lord Jesus! Do not delay!Give courage to your people who trust in your love. Christmas Eve Prayer

Wisdom, playing before God from the beginning, the dance of all creation comes from you. You keep our world spinning. Come, teach us the order of things, the steps of your dance. O Antiphons

Feast of St. Lucy St. Lucy, pray for us. Help us be light for those we meet today.

Our Lady of Guadalupe God of power and mercy, you blessed the Americas at Tepeyac with the presence of the Virgin Mary of Guadalupe. May her prayers help all men and women to accept each other as brothers and sisters. Through your justice present in our hearts may your peace reign in the world. We

There is no rose of such virtue As is the rose that bear Jesu. Alleluia   – Medieval, author unknown

Let justice descend, O heavens, like dew from above, Like gentle rain, let the skies drop it down. Let the earth open and salvation bud forth.   Isaiah 45.6

May God’s breath stream within me. May God’s breath renew me. May God’s breath invigorate me. I walk with confidence into this day.