Lord, today you make us known to friends we did not know, and you have given us seats in homes which are not our own. You have brought us near, and made a brother of a stranger. Forgive us, Lord… we did not introduce you. Prayer from Polynesia
God of the poor help us rescue the abandoned and forgotten of this earth, so precious in your eyes. Bring healing to our lives, That we may protect the world and not prey on it. That we may sow beauty, not pollution and destruction. We wish to be one with Pope Francis In this resolve.
Lord, you are closer to me than my own breathing, nearer than my hands and feet. St Teresa of Avila
The ends of the earth stand in awe at the sight of your wonders. The lands of sunrise and sunset you fill with your joy. You care for the earth, give it water, you fill it with riches. Your river in heaven brims over to provide its grain, and then you provide for the earth.
I sought the Lord and he answered me; From all my terrors he set me free. Psalm 34:4
God, I feel so full of contradictions. I’m squirming inside, hatching. My mind is pecking holes in my childhood. I am blank pages waiting to be written; my own drama, act one; no applause yet please. I am cures not imagined and failures I have already survived. I wear team jerseys and teem with possibilities
Be strong, fear not! Our God is coming. Our God will save us Then the blind will see and deaf people will hear. Then will the lame leap like deer and people of who have never spoken will sing.
When I despair, I remember that all through history the ways of truth and love have always won. There have been tyrants, and murderers, and for a time they can seem invincible, but in the end they always fall. Think of it – always. Mahatma Gandhi
Emmanuel, you are God-with-us and the savior of all nations. Come, save us and make of us your own joy to the world.