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. […]
Sunday Readings: Acts 1.1-11; Ephesians 1.17-23; Mark 16.15-20 “Then the Lord Jesus, after he had spoken to them, was taken up into heaven and took his seat at the right hand of God. They went forth and preached everywhere, while the Lord worked with them and confirmed the word through accompanying signs” (Mark 16.19-20). Sunday’s gospel
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May you become ancestors who see your children’s children. May you become known for the hospitality of your table. May God favor you with friends who respect you and troubles that neglect you. May God bless your home and all who are home to you.
Loving God, in every generation you bless us with holy womenlike Louise de Marillac, founder of the Daughters of Charity.Thank you for St. Louise and thank you for these holy women I know and know about…They serve you in those around them with love and gladness.
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Creator, open our hearts to peace and healing between all people. Creator, open our hearts to provide and protect for all children of the earth. Creator, open our hearts to respect for the earth, and all the gifts of the earth. Creator, open our hearts to end exclusion, violence, and fear among all. Thank you
You keep your pledge with wonders, O God our Savior, the hope of all the earth and of far distant isles. You uphold the mountains with your strength, you are full of power. You still the roaring of the sea and the roaring of their waves. Psalm 64
Sunday Readings: Acts 10.25-26, 34-35, 44-48; 1 John 4.7-10; John 15.9-17 After his last supper with his disciples Jesus talked with them. “As the Father has loved me, so I have loved you. Live on in my love. You will live in my love if you keep my commandments, even as I have kept my Father’s
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Lord, you are closer to me than my own breathing, nearer than my hands and feet. St Teresa of Avila
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
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.