Sunday, May 31, 2009

Sacred Heart

Sacred Heart

Sacred heart of Jesus be adored,
glorified, loved and preserved
throughout the world
now and forever.
Sacred heart of Jesus pray for us.
St. Jude worker of miracles pray for us.
St. Jude helper of the hopeless pray for us.
thank you St. Jude.
Amen.

catholic - novena to st. jude

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Saturday, May 30, 2009

O Lord and Master

O Lord and Master

O Lord and Master of my life,
take from me the spirit of sloth, despondency,
lust of power, and idle talk;

But grant rather
the spirit of chastity, humility, patience, and love
to thy servant.

Yea, O Lord and King,
grant me to see my own transgressions,
and not to judge my brother;
for blessed art Thou unto the ages of ages.

prayer of saint ephrem the syrian - 4th century

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Friday, May 29, 2009

Bless Me Lord

Bless Me Lord

Bless me Lord, this night I pray,
Keep me safe till dawn of day,
Bless my mother and my father,
Bless my sister and my brother,
Bless each little girl and boy,
Bless them all for heavenly joy.

Amen.
traditional children's bedtime prayer

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Thursday, May 28, 2009

We Give You Thanks

We Give You Thanks

We give you thanks for food and drink
and all that You provide:

Flowers, mountains, stars above,
family by our side.

Grant that we might hear Your voice
and always be our Guide;

From now until the end of time
may we, in You, abide.

Amen

Mealtime Blessing - Stephen Parker

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Wednesday, May 27, 2009

Loving and Believing

Loving and Believing

Loving and believing in your goodness
I thank you for the beauty put before me.

Asking for serenity and acceptance
I will have the courage to grow.

Giving to and respecting all others
May the world be closer to peace.

Margaret (age 16) - may 15, 2009

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Traditional Buddhist Prayer

Traditional Buddhist Prayer

May all beings have happiness and the causes of happiness;
May all be free from sorrow and the causes of sorrow;
May all never be separated from the sacred happiness which is sorrowless;
And may all live in equanimity, without too much attachment and too much aversion,
And live believing in the equality of all that lives.

- Traditional Buddhist Prayer

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Monday, May 25, 2009

Give me a Pure Heart

Give me a Pure Heart

Give me A pure heart
That I may see thee,
A humble heart
That I may hear thee,
A heart of love
That I may serve thee,
A heart of Faith
That I may abide in thee.

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Sunday, May 24, 2009

Do All The Good That You Can

Do All The Good That You Can

Do all the good that you can,
by all the means that you can,
in all the ways that you can,
in all the places that you can,
at all the times that you can,
to all the people that you can,
as long as you can.

John Wesley

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Saturday, May 23, 2009

Traditional Blessing

Traditional Blessing

May the road rise to meet you.
May the wind be always at your back.
May the sun shine warm upon your face.
The rain fall soft upon your fields,
And until we meet again
May God hold you
In the hollow of his hand.

May the Sacred Three pour upon you mildly
and gererously more and more forever.

Unknown -- Celtic Blessings, P. 87, compiled by Ray Simpson


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Friday, May 22, 2009

A Highlanders Blessing

A Highlanders Blessing

May your heart stay as active
and young as your mind.

May your kindness to others
be returned ten-fold, in kind.

May life's adversities be
light, and easy to bear.

May joy and peace quickly
dry up each tiny tear.

May you always be able
to count on one good friend.
May God's Grace light up
your road, to its very end.
Thomas Hyland, Jr. -- Graces, Harpers 1994, June Cotner


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Thursday, May 21, 2009

Count Your Blessings

Count Your Blessings

Count your blessings instead of your crosses,
Count your gains instead of your looses,
Count your joys instead of your woes,
Count your friends instead of your foes,
Count your courage instead of your fears,
Count your laughs instead of your tears,
Count your kind deeds instead of our mean,
Count your health instead of your wealth,
Count on God instead of yourself.

Irish Blessing (Submitted by Alan Houghton)

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Wednesday, May 20, 2009

Guidance for Today

Guidance for Today

Lord, for tomorrow and its needs, I do not pray;
But keep me, guide me, love, Lord, just for today.
Anonymous -- Uncommon Prayers for the Third Millennium, Alan Houghton

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Tuesday, May 19, 2009

Act With Greatest Simplicity

Act With Greatest Simplicity

We ought to act with God in the greatest simplicity,
Speaking to Him frankly and plainly,
And imploring His assistance in our affairs
Just as they happen.

Brother Lawrence -- Uncommon Prayers for the Third Millennium, Alan Houghton

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Monday, May 18, 2009

Guidance Before a Meeting

Guidance Before a Meeting

Almighty God, give us grace to be
Not only hearers, but also doers of thy holy word,
Not only to admire, but to obey thy doctrine
Not only to profess, but to practice my religion,
Not only to love, but to live the gospel.
So grant that what we learn of thy glory we may receive in our hearts and show forth in our lives: Through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen
Prayer before a Lambeth Conference

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Sunday, May 17, 2009

May the Strength of God Pilot Us

May the strength of God pilot us

May the strength of God pilot us,
May the power of God preserve us,
May the wisdom of God instruct us,
May the hand of God protect us,
May the way of God direct us,
May the shield of God defend us,
May the host of God guard us against the snares of evil and the temptations of the world.

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Saturday, May 16, 2009

Hear my prayer

Hear my prayer

Lord Jesus,

Empty me of all that is not of God and fill me with the fruit of the Holy Spirit.
Clear my mind and open my heart to comprehend the knowledge of Your Word.
Guide me with Your wisdom and truth.
Cleanse me with Your Heavenly love.
Be the keeper of my heart and the forgiver of my soul.
May my light shine forth with the radiance of Your love.
Hear my prayer, Lord Jesus

Breathe in the love and trust! Breathe out the fear!

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Friday, May 15, 2009

John Donne's Prayer

John Donne's Prayer

Batter my heart, three-personed God, for You
As yet but knock, breathe, shine, and seek to mend;
That I may rise and stand, o'er throw me; and bend
Your force to break, blow, burn, and make me new.
I, like an usurped town, to another due,
Labor to admit You, but oh, to no end;
Reason, Your viceroy in me, me should defend,
But is captive, and proves weak or untrue.
Yet dearly I love You, and would be loved fain,
But am betrothed unto Your enemy;
Divorce me, untie or break that knot again,
Take me to You, imprison me, for I
Except You enthrall me, never shall be free,
Nor ever chaste, except You ravish me.


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Thursday, May 14, 2009

The Prayer of Francis of Assisi's

The Prayer of Francis of Assisi's

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 darkness, light;
and 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;
and it is in dying that we are born to eternal life.

Amen

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Wednesday, May 13, 2009

To Be Generous

To Be Generous

Dearest Lord,

Teach me to be generous,
teach me to serve you as I should,
to give and not to count the cost,
to fight and not to heed the wounds,
to toil and not to seek for rest,
to labour and ask not for reward,
save that of knowing that I do your most holy will.
For this I pray in your holy name.

Amen

Jesuit - St. Ignatius Loyola - 16th century

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Tuesday, May 12, 2009

Oh Grant Me

Oh Grant Me

Dear God,

Oh, grant me my prayer
that I may never lose the bliss of the touch
of the one in the play of the many.

Amen

Gitanjali - Rabindranath Tagore - 1913

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Monday, May 11, 2009

Let There Be

Let There Be

Dear God

Let there be respect for the earth,
Peace for its people,
Love in our lives,
Delight in the good,
Forgiveness for past wrongs
And from now on, a new start.

Amen

Millennium Resolution - Rev. Peter Trow - 1999

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Sunday, May 10, 2009

I Find You

I Find You

Dear God,

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.
To heal all things and for this we pray.

Amen

Rainer Marie Rilke

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Saturday, May 9, 2009

Prayer for Tolerance

Prayer for Tolerance

O! Thou God,

God of all beings, of all worlds, and of all times,
We pray, that the little differences in our clothes,
in our inadequate languages,
in our ridiculous customs,
in our imperfect laws,
in our illogical opinions,
in our ranks and conditions which
are so disproportionately important to us
and so meaningless to you,
that these small variations
that distinguish those atoms that we call men,
one from another,
may not be signals of hatred and persecution!

Amen

Prayer for Tolerance - Voltaire - 18th century

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Friday, May 8, 2009

I Will Be

Dear God,

I will be truthful.
I will suffer no injustice.
I will be free from fear.
I will not use force.
I will be of good will to all men.
For this I pray.

Amen

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Thursday, May 7, 2009

The Earth Is

The Earth Is

Dear God,

The earth is full of your goodness,
your greatness and understanding,
your wisdom and harmony.

How wonderful are the lights that you created.
You formed them with strength and power
and they shine very wonderfully on the world,
magnificent in their splendor.

They arise in radiance and go down in joy.
Reverently they fulfill your divine will.
They are tributes to your name
as they exalt your sovereign rule in song.
In recognition of your greatness
we pray

Amen

(Adapted Jewish Mystical Hymn 516 b.c.e. - 70 c.e.)

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Wednesday, May 6, 2009

I Find You

I Find You

Dear God,

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.
I pray to you.

Amen

Rainer Marie Rilke

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World Peace Prayer

World Peace Prayer

Dear God,

May Peace Prevail on Earth.

Amen

World Peace Prayer - Masahisa Goi - 1955

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Monday, May 4, 2009

I Am Yours

I Am Yours

My God,

I am yours for time and eternity.
Teach me to cast myself entirely
into the arms of your loving Providence
with a lively, unlimited confidence in your
compassionate, tender pity.

Grant, O most merciful Redeemer,
That whatever you ordain or permit
may be acceptable to me.
Take from my heart all painful anxiety;

let nothing sadden me but sin,
nothing delight me but the hope
of coming to the possession of You
my God and my all,
in your everlasting kingdom.

Amen.

Suscipe of Catherine Mcauley - 1778-1841


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Sunday, May 3, 2009

Prayer For The New Millennium

Prayer For The New Millennium

Dear God,

May all our defilements be dispelled completely
Allowing our goodness and happiness to flourish unceasingly
In the presence of altruism and wisdom in this living world
May all these become a cause for attaining enlightenment.

Amen

Prayer For The New Millennium - Thrangu Rinpoche


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Saturday, May 2, 2009

May The Whole World Enjoy

May The Whole World Enjoy

Dear God,

May the whole world enjoy
good health,
long life,
prosperity,
happiness and peace.

Amen

(Kundalini Yoga Master - Vethathiri Maharishi)

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Friday, May 1, 2009

I Trust

I Trust

I trust in the Lord for all my days.
Truth is my name.
Magnificence is my destiny.
I manifest the life that I want by proclaiming it in the NOW.
Living the life of my dreams is INEVITABLE!

Amen


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