Breath, love, hope, inspiration
— truth that sings forth from within
even as I am enveloped with its challenge,
O Divine Power of Creation
Hallowed be thy name
The mystery of thy grace be with us
Good caring presence within us, around us, and above us;
Hold us in a sense of mystery and wonder.
As an Episcopalian I regularly recite the Apostles’ Creed and pray the Lord’s Prayer. In doing so, I stand with Jesus’ early followers as they struggled to find words that could frame how their lives were being renewed beyond comprehension. My life also is being renewed beyond comprehension, or so I’m convinced, as I try to live out the self-giving embodied in the common life Jesus began. But I live in a vastly different time and place from those of Jesus’ early followers. My everyday assumptions about the world and how it works are vastly different, not final truths, mind you, but still different, and just as inescapable as people’s everyday assumptions back then.
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We recognise that life is a gift and a joy to be lived in all its richness
All: We give thanks with all our hearts
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I am really struggling with my faith today, A boy near us has killed himself.
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I hope it will be a long time from now; I am grateful to be occupying this body today. But when you see this body lying before you in your gross anatomy lab, don’t call it mine. It will be for you, and for all the patients you will serve in your career as a doctor. Cut this body open with deep reverence, not for me, but for the living people whose bodies you will work to heal. My experience of eternal life during the process of my death will transcend this body completely.
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Gretta Vosper offers this lovely prayer to use in community which focuses on the unity of all.
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His Holiness the Dalai Lama offers this simple prayer for others
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Take some time to join Sharon Salzberg in a seven-minute loving kindness meditation that will open your heart and calm your mind.
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The time for healing is now…
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I slept and dreamt that life was joy, I awoke and saw that life was service. I acted and behold, service was joy. Rabindranath Tagore (1861-1941)
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God bless this food we are about to receive. Give bread to those who hunger; and hunger for justice to us who have bread. Amen
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May the Love of those with dear ones lost
Be strong.
We pray for those who are struggling with addiction,
Filling their void with more emptiness.
May they find the pure Fullness that is God.
We worship and adore God,
source, essence, and aim of all things,
spirit that enlivens all beings.
Group reading…a commitment to live as compassionate beings.
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