Lector: Precious Lord, comfort our hearts and strengthen them in every good work and word as we reach out to heal our broken world. Assist us in ministering to the fearful, the injured, the sick, those suffering injustice and violence, the hungry and homeless. May we purify ourselves as he is pure. Precious […]
Eternal God, may the leaders of your church, especially our Presiding Bishop Michael, our Bishop Greg and our priests Berto and Hugh, remember that You do not desire sacrifices yet forgive our transgressions, so they may inspire us to defend the orphan and plead for the widow. You preserve us from trouble. Eternal God, may […]
No Spiritual Formation meeting until November 21, after the retreat with Wendy. The new book for our study starting on November 21. We will be reading Addison Hodges Hart’s The Ox-Herder and the Good Shepherd: Finding Christ on the Buddha’s Path. The Ten Ox-Herding Pictures, produced by the twelfth-century Chinese Zen master Kakuan Shien, trace […]
Lector: Oh Great Mystery, Creator of All, how our souls long to know you. Help us to see you in every face, in every tree, in every fallen leaf and drop of rain. We rejoice in your creation and praise your name as the psalmist did, so long ago. How dear to us is your […]
Dear Lord, God of all You are the Alpha and Omega of our lives. In this time of our deep concern for the world, we pray. Teach us to boldly follow the example of Jesus, our savior. You are my God. My time is in your hands. Lead me to use it in service, as […]