May you be blessed with discomfort at easy answers, half truths, and superficial relationships, so that you may live deep within your heart. May you be blessed with anger at injustice, oppression, and exploitation of people, so that you may work for justice, freedom, and peace. May you be blessed with tears to shed for […]
Today I pray for the courage to follow your will for me. You are the God of constant surprises. Perhaps you have a new path for me I have never considered or long ignored. I will try to listen to your voice today by stopping to be silent at these times and places ________. Hold
Creator God, you bless us with being. To you every creature is sacred. Help us see one another with your eyes. Amen.
Lord, take me where You want me to go; Let me meet who You want me to meet; Tell me what You want me to say; and Keep me out of your way. Father Mychal Judge – FDNY
The Blessing of the God of Miriam The blessing of the God of Miriam, Aaron and Moses, The blessing of Jesus born of the woman Mary, The blessing of the Holy Spirit who flies on before us,”Be with you all, now and forever.” Adapted by Jean Maryland, England
If I can stop one heart from breaking, I shall not live in vain; If I can ease one life the aching, or cool one pain, or help one lonely person into happiness again I shall not live in vain. Emily Dickinson
Today I pray for all who suffer. For AIDS orphans and old people. For working Americans who can’t both pay rent and buy food. For Iraqi families who have lost parents and children and for United States families who have lost parents and children. My heart is especially touched by ________. Hold them in your
It is my nature that makes me love you often, For I am love itself. It is my longing that makes me love you intensely, For I yearn to be loved from the heart. It is my eternity that makes me love you long, For I have no end. Mechthild of Magdeburg
I find you, Lord, in all things and in all my fellow creatures, pulsing with your life; as a tiny seed you sleep in what is small and in the vast you vastly yield yourself. Rainer Maria Rilke
O God, whatever road I take, joins the highway that leads to you. Sufi from the Abulfazi scriptures