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VIGIL: MORNING PRAYERS

(shorter version)   Lord Jesus Christ, Son of the Living God, have mercy on me, a sinner Lord Jesus Christ, Son of the Living God, have mercy on me, a sinner Lord Jesus Christ, Son of the Living God, have mercy on me, a sinner ~~  Our Father in heaven, hallowed be Your name. Your […]

As the Ruin Falls (C S Lewis)

All this is flashy rhetoric about loving you. I never had a selfless thought since I was born. I am mercenary and self-seeking through and through: I want God, you, all friends, merely to serve my turn. Peace, re-assurance, pleasure, are the goals I seek, I cannot crawl one inch outside my proper skin: I […]

State Sanctioned Prayer (on this issue too America leads the world :-(

by MARTIN E. MARTY Monday | Nov 11 2013 Alex Staroseltsev / Shutterstock Let us pray: “in the name of the one who came, and died, and rose again that we might have eternal life—Jesus Christ our Lord—Amen.” Thus Dr. Robert Jeffress, “pastor of the 11,000 member First Baptist in Dallas, Texas, and daily radio […]

A Benedictine Blessing: May God bless you with a restless discomfort…

May God bless you with a restless discomfort about easy answers, half-truths and superficial relationships, so that you may seek truth boldly and love deep within your heart. May God bless you with holy anger at injustice, oppression, and exploitation of people, so that you may tirelessly work for justice, freedom, and peace among all […]

Pre-dawn Prayer-walk

6th October 2013 (First day of summer-time) 3.30: alert wakefulness Why, Lord? Half-hour enquiry / mental note-taking Rise for slow wash, dress-for-walking, coffee –>> To my oratory-desk for scripture  – from Mark’s Gospel Lectio-divina Intercessions: + my beautiful soul-mate slowly recovering from cancer-scare during last five months + Syria:  ++ Christians were there before Islam; […]

A Christian Confederate Soldier’s Prayer

A Christian Confederate Soldier’s Prayer (Anon – alleged  to have been found on a CSA casualty at the Devil’s Den, Gettysburg)   I asked God for strength, that I might achieve. I was made weak, that I might learn humbly to obey. I asked for health, that I might do greater things. I was given infirmity, […]

Cancer treatments: what works and what’s crazy?

Update (June 18, 2015)  Summary of the latest Hospital Saga Briefly: Jan’s left arm and shoulder have been very painful – for over a month. Precursor to angina or other heart troubles or what? Saw a GP last Thursday, 4th – a stand-in for ours who wasn’t on duty that day – and when he […]

Serenity Prayer: another version…

  God, grant me the serenity to accept the people I cannot change, the courage to change the one I can and the wisdom to know – it’s me!     (Dave Andrews at St Martins this morning, 21 April, 2013).

Syria: increasing incidence of religiously-motivated attacks against Christians

CIRCULATION CODE 3. OPEN.  May be circulated to general mailing lists, outside organizations, and quoted from freely in reports citing “Middle East Concern” as the source of the information. Syrian Christians continue to request our prayers for their country. They note that, in recent months, there have been increasing numbers of attacks on Christians that […]

PRAY FOR THE WORLD (Feb-Mar 2013)

Religious Liberty Prayer Bulletin | RLPB 198 | Wed 20 Feb 2013 ——————————————————– LIBYA & SUDAN: CHRISTIANS FACING DEATH FOR THEIR WITNESS – plus vigilant prayer requested for Tanzania ——————————————————– by Elizabeth Kendal Islam is a totalitarian, all-encompassing system of life. Blasphemy (criticism) and apostasy (rejection) are punishable by death for not only are blasphemers […]