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.

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 

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 07/03/14 and Song choice

Evening Prayer 07/03/14

Lord, make me an instrument of Your peace. Where there is hatred, let me sow love; where there is injury, pardon; where there is doubt, faith; where there is despair, hope; where there is darkness, light; where there is sadness, joy.

O, Divine Master, grant that I may not so much seek to be consoled as to console; to be understood as to understand; to be loved as to love; For it is in giving that we receive; it is in pardoning that we are pardoned; it is in dying that we are born again to eternal life.

Amen +

Song choice for 07/03/14

Enjoy the amazingly talented Libera boys sing Vespera 

Evening Prayer 05-03-2014

Ash Wednesday Prayer

Almighty and everlasting God, you hate nothing you have
made and forgive the sins of all who are penitent: Create and
make in us new and contrite hearts, that we, worthily
lamenting our sins and acknowledging our wretchedness,
may obtain of you, the God of all mercy, perfect remission
and forgiveness; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives
and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever
and ever. Amen.

Tonight's Music choice 

The wonderful Ave Verum Corpus