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 !

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