From the New Zealand Prayer book. (The Anglican Church of New Zealand) I have added the breath points when speaking the prayer aloud, marked as * Eternal Spirit, Earth-maker, Pain-bearer, Life-giver, * Source of all that is and that shall be, * Father and Mother of us all, * Loving God, * in whom ...
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I spend hours of my “public spirituality time” trying to learn how to speak in a vocabulary of the heart that isn’t always so God and Jesus filled, for those whose journey is one of the spirit and of discovery, but whose beliefs do not follow my Western Christian traditional upbringing. I know that I ...
God of Peace, Through your Holy Spirit, you always dwell in us. And so, you enable us to dwell in you, And you never cease to remind us that such communion with you can last forever. – Amen Keep the faith!
Christ Jesus, The one sent by God, you share our human condition. The voice of the tempter tried to make you believe that God would not give you what is necessary to live, to fulfill your mission. But you fought to choose trust and simplicity. In our turn, may we trust ourselves entirely to that ...
Today, think on this simple Call to Prayer as a meditation on what it is in our lives that is good, that blesses us, that which blesses others through us. Even on the days that you may think that your life is on the Down side of the roller coaster, what is there that is ...