A Prayer for the Sick - Friday 09th May 2014

Prayer for the Sick

Father of goodness and love, hear our prayers for the sick members of our community and for all who are in need. Amid mental and physical suffering may they find consolation in your healing presence. Show your mercy as you close wounds, cure illness, make broken bodies whole and free downcast spirits. May these special people find lasting health and deliverance, and so join us in thanking you for all your gifts. We ask this through the Lord Jesus who healed those who believed.

Amen.

Prayer 1st April

It is truly right and just, our duty and our salvation, always and everywhere to give you thanks, Father most holy, through your beloved Son, Jesus Christ, your Word through whom you made all things, whom you sent as our Savior and Redeemer, incarnate by the Holy Spirit and born of the Virgin.

Fulfilling your will and gaining for you a holy people, he stretched out his hands as he endured his Passion, so as to break the bonds of death and manifest the resurrection.

And so, with the Angels and all the Saints we declare your glory, as with one voice we acclaim:

All:

Holy, Holy, Holy Lord God of hosts.
Heaven and earth are full of your glory.
Hosanna in the highest.
Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord.
Hosanna in the highest.

Evening Prayer 01st April 2014

Slow me down, Lord!

Ease the pounding of my heart

by the quietening and calming

of my mind.

Break the tensions

of my nerves and muscles

with the soothing music

of the singing streams

that live in my memory.

Give me, amidst the confusion

of the day,

the calmness of the everlasting hills.

Steady my hurried pace

with a vision

of your eternal reach of time,

and restore and heal me

in the hours of sleep.

Teach me the art

of appreciating what is ordinary:

of slowing down

to look at and become more aware

of the beauty around me;

to take time to be with others,

to sit and enjoy music

or a good book

- to give myself time for myself.

 Remind me each day

of the fable

of the hare and the tortoise,

that I may know

that the race is not always

to the swift;

that there is more to life

than increasing its speed.

Let me look upwards

into the branches

of the towering trees

and know

that they grew great and strong

because they grew slowly and well.

Slow me down, Lord,

and inspire me to send my roots

deep into the soil

of life’s enduring values.

Slow me down, Lord,

that I may grow true and well

in your light.

Amen 

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Prayer Request

This is for a  friend and a lad he is mentoring 

Oh Father, You sent Your Eternal Son to save the world, and You chose men and women, so that through Him, with Him and in Him, they might proclaim the Good News of the Gospel to all nations. Grant us the necessary graces, so that, by the power of the Holy Spirit, the joy of being the evangelists that the Church needs in the Third Millennium may shine in the faces of all young people.

Oh Christ, Redeemer of humanity, the image of Your open arms which welcomes all people. In Your paschal offering, You led us, by the Holy Spirit, to encounter the Father as His children. Young people, who are nourished by Eucharist, who hear You in Your Word and meet You as their brother, need your infinite mercy to walk along the paths of this world as disciples and missionaries of the church.

Oh Holy Spirit, Love of the Father and of the Son, with the splendor of Your Truth and the fire of Your Love, shed Your Light upon all young people so that, inspired by their experience at World Youth Day, they may bring faith, hope and charity to the four corners of the earth, becoming great builders of a culture of life and peace and catalysts of a new world.

Amen !

Music Choice 

Sunday 30th March 2014

Loving God,

as a mother gives life and nourishment to her children, 

so you watch over your Church. 

Bless these women,

that they may be strengthened as Christian mothers. 

Let the example of their faith and love shine forth. 

Grant that we, their sons and daughters, 

may honor them always

with a spirit of profound respect. 

Grant this through Christ our Lord. 

Amen, 

17/03/2014 Posting

Tonight I have opted to post something a little different, It reflects what's going on in the world and offers peace, 

Peace I Leave with You

Peace I leave with you, my peace I give unto you: not as the world giveth, give I unto you. Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid. Ye have heard how I said unto you, I go away, and come again unto you. If ye loved me, ye would rejoice, because I said, I go unto the Father: for my Father is greater than I. And now I have told you before it come to pass, that, when it is come to pass, ye might believe. Hereafter I will not talk much with you: for the prince of this world cometh, and hath nothing in me. But that the world may know that I love the Father; and as the Father gave me commandment, even so I do. Arise, let us go hence.

(Romans 5:1-5)

Song Choice 17/03/14

OK its not religious but its thought provoking 

Evening Prayer 15/03/14

Evening Prayer 15/03/14

Jesus, Divine Overlord of the Heavens, Enforcer of all spiritual decrees, Chief Judge of the Final Judgement, Your Laws are multi culturally righteous. Grant me values that seek justice, To uphold all Christian moral ethics, And to aid the victims of injustices. As You forgave the worst of sinners, Equip me with a non-judgemental ability To forgive all offenders of Your Laws, And to support their healing process. You are the true direction to justice!

Tonight's song choice - Gaelic Blessing by John Rutter

Evening Prayer 14/03/2014

Evening Prayer 14/03/2014

Loving Father and Creator of all we come to you today deeply grateful for your creation.

As we look around us we are amazed at the greatness and majesty of all that you have made.

Nature around us speaks of your greatness - the vast expanse of the sky, the mountains, trees, lakes and streams speak of your great design.

You have given us such beauty in the colors of the rainbow, the beauty of flowers and fields.

Words cannot adequately express the magnificence of all you have created.

We join in praise with the writer of the psalms when he says, 'O Lord, our Lord, how majestic is your name in all the earth.'

May we show our love and reverence to you, our Lord, by caring for all that you have created. We humbly give you praise and thanks.

Song choice for 14/03/2014