Thanks be to you O God that I have risen this day To the rising of this life itself. May it be a day of blessing, O God of every gift, A day of new beginnings given. Help me to avoid every sin And the source of every sin to forsake And as the mist […]
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
World Peace Prayer Lead us from death to life, from falsehood to truth, from despair to hope, from fear to trust. Lead us from hate to love, from war to peace; let peace fill our hearts, let peace fill our world, let peace fill our universe. From the Hindu Upanishads
God our heavenly Father, when the thought of you wakes in our hearts, let its awakening not be like a startled bird that flies about in fear. Instead, let it be like a child waking from sleep with a heavenly smile. Soren Kierkegaard
A Rune of Hospitality A rune of hospitality I saw a stranger today I put food for him in the drinking place And music in the listening place. In the Holy Name of the Trinity He blessed myself and his house My food and my family. And the lark said in her warble Often, often,
Sunday Readings: Genesis 18.1-10; Colossians 1.24-28; Luke 10.38-42 Jesus entered a village where a woman named Martha welcomed him to her home. She had a sister named Mary, who seated herself at the Lord’s feet and listened to his teachings. Martha, who was busy with all the details of hospitality, came to Jesus and said,
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Compassionate God, may zeal for justice and the common good consume us. May zeal to know you bring us often to pray. Amen
My soul proclaims your greatness, O my God And my spirit has rejoiced in you, my Savior For your regard has blessed me, an ordinary woman who searches From this day all generations will call me blessed For you who are mighty, you have made me great And holy is your name. Magnificat
Fear the Lord, you his people,for nothing is lacking to those who fear him.The great grow poor and hungry,but those who seek the Lord want for no good thing. Psalm 34
Sunday Readings: Genesis 14.18-20; 1 Corinthians 11.23-26; Luke 9.11-17 “Then, taking the five loaves and the two fishes, Jesus raised his eyes to heaven, pronounced a blessing over them, broke them, and gave them to his disciples for distribution to the crowd. They all ate until they had enough. What was left filled twelve baskets”
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