Lacy Sietsema

Search me O God and know my heart Test me and know my thoughts See if there is any wicked way in me and lead me in the way everlasting.

Dear God, please enlarge our hearts to love each other, to love our neighbor, to love our enemy as well as our friend. Dorothy Day

Triune God, who lives three in one love, we ask you to bless our families that we may become all you gift us to be, that we may make room for all who find their way into our circle. May we find strength in our elders, hope in our youth, and affection and kindness in

I will not leave you desolate; I will come to you.

O God who brought me from the rest of last night To the new light of this day Bring me in the new light of this day To the guiding light of the eternal. Lead me O God on the journey of justice Guide me O God on the pathways of peace Renew me O

Every tree, every growing thing as it grows, says this truth: You harvest what you sow. With life as short as a half-taken breath, don’t plant anything but love. Jelaluddin Rumi

Great God,give us the kind of faith in youthat was the mainstay of those before uswho followed you fromGalilee to Jerusalem doing good,raising the dead to lifeand singing alleluia all the way.God of Conscience,God of Couragegive us whatever grace we needto work for the comingof the reign of Godnow, here and always. Amen. Joan Chittister,

O Risen Christ You breathe your Holy Spirit on us and you tell us: “Peace be Yours.” Opening ourselves to your peace – letting it penetrate the harsh and rocky grounds of our hearts means preparing  ourselves to be bearers of reconciliation wherever you may place us. But you know that at times we are

You trace my journey and my resting places, you are familiar with all my paths. There is not a word on my tongue, but you, Lord, know them all. You have a close watch before me and behind me, you spread your hand over me. Such knowledge is beyond my understanding, so high that I

Finish each day and be done with it. You have done what you could. Some blunders and absurdities no doubt crept in; forget them as soon as you can. Tomorrow is a new day. Ralph Waldo Emerson