For any who struggle to pray,
I offer these thoughts
I found along the way
Grace and peace to you…dw
For those who prefer a list style:
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A Prayer when parting
May the peace of the Lord Christ go with you : wherever he may send you;may he guide you through the wilderness : protect you through the storm;may he bring you home rejoicing : at the wonders he has shown you;may he bring you home rejoicing : once again into our doors. Claiborne, Shane. Common… More…
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Prayer for when we mess up
Create in me a clean heart, O God,and put a new and right spirit within me.Cast me not away from your presence,and take not your holy Spirit from me.Restore to me the joy of your salvation,and uphold me with a willing spirit. Psalm 51:10-12, Ignatius Bible I mess up. All the time. Each time is… More…
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Prayer for divine mercy
Divine Mercy Chaplet More…
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Prayer – a surge of the heart
It’s the heart that prays. More…
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Imaginative God – a prayer
Imaginative God, beyond my imagination… More…
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Lamb of God
Music video of a setting of Agnus Dei (Lamb of God). More…
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Never confounded
Better than hoping for anything from the Lord, besides His love, let us place all our hope in His love itself. This hope is as sure as God Himself. It can never be confounded. — Thomas Merton, No Man Is an Island, Sentences on Hope It doesn’t matter what we do, you and I,… More…
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A prayer for truth telling
Holy God, who entered our world as the Word, the Word of truth, of love, of light, and of life, When we speak words of error, hatred, darkness and death have mercy: May those listening see our lies for what they are, And may you awaken our conscience and grant us repentance; may you change… More…
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Pray
I’m so distraught today over how people are treating each other in our world. I pray that God would ‘change the prevailing winds’ – in my heart, in the hearts of his people, in our culture, in our politics. I’m overwhelmed and at a loss for words. In the past when I’ve felt the way… More…
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We have the greatest weapons
We have the greatest weapons in the world, greater than any hydrogen or atom bomb, and they are the weapons of poverty and prayer, fasting and alms, the reckless spending of ourselves in God’s service and for his poor. Without poverty we will not have learned love, and love, at the end, is the measure… More…
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This is what we pray for
Hope seeks not only God in Himself, not only the means to reach Him, but it seeks, finally and beyond all else, God’s glory revealed in ourselves. This will be the final manifestation of His infinite mercy, and this is what we pray for when we say “Thy Kingdom come.” — Thomas Merton, No… More…
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I found myself praying
I found myself praying, praying with thanksgiving, praying with open eyes, while I watched the workers on the beach, the sunset, and listened to the sound of the waves and the scream of snowy gulls. “BUT,” I REASONED with myself, “I am praying because I am happy, not because I am unhappy. I did not… More…
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Losing so we can find
Then Jesus went to work on his disciples. “Anyone who intends to come with me has to let me lead. You’re not in the driver’s seat; I am. Don’t run from suffering; embrace it. Follow me and I’ll show you how. Self-help is no help at all. Self-sacrifice is the way, my way, to finding… More…
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Forced prayer
If you have to force yourself to pray, those prayers are of far more account with God than any prayers which bring comfort with them. Day, Dorothy. The Reckless Way of Love: Notes on Following Jesus (Plough Spiritual Guides: Backpack Classics) (p. 49). Plough Publishing House. Kindle Edition. Prayer (en)forced by discipline Better than no… More…
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A prayer when reading scripture
Yesterday I looked back at one of the earliest posts on this site. It describes a habit I formed back then and still practice now when I read the Bible. I added some current thoughts, extended the section that invites reflection, and spruced up the design a bit. I offer it again to anyone who… More…
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Prayers for Perilous Times
We live in a perilous time, a time we need to pray through so we can act with honesty, courage, and love…after we listen with honesty, humility, and love. Listen to the Spirit within us, in the pages of the Bible, and in those we may or may not agree with. Act by following Jesus… More…
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With prayer
With prayer, one can go on cheerfully and even happily, while without prayer, how grim is the journey. Prayer is as necessary to life as breathing. It is drink and food. Day, Dorothy. The Reckless Way of Love: Notes on Following Jesus (Plough Spiritual Guides: Backpack Classics) (p. 40). Plough Publishing House. Kindle Edition. Prayer… More…
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Undoing Evil
Dear God in heaven In your great mercy Turn the evil we do Against the evil we do So we And our enemies May be undone From evil And thereby free To undo it. This kind does not come out without prayer and fasting. Jesus Grace and peace to you… dw More…
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Life with the Darkness Gone
Life: that’s what we all hunger for, wait for always, whether we keep coming back to places like church to find it or whether we avoid places like church like the plague as the last places on earth to find it: both delivered in part and derelict in part, immigrants and mongrels all of us.… More…
becoming flame 