Spirituality
Prayers And Thanksgivings (Bcp)
PRAYERS. ¶ To be used before the Prayer for all Conditions of Men, or, when that is not said, before the final Prayer of Thanksgiving or of Blessing, or before the Grace. A Prayer for Congress. ¶To be used during their Session. Most gracious God, we humbly beseech thee, as for the people of these […]
Not Knowing What To Do Next
One day a friend of Samuel Morse, inventor of the telegraph, said to him, “Professor, when you were making your experiments, did you ever come to a place not knowing what to do next?” “More than once,” Morse replied, “and whenever I could not see my way clearly, I knelt down and prayed to God […]
The War Prayer By Mark Twain
Fwd: The War Prayer by Mark TwainIt was a time of great and exalting excitement. The country was up in arms, the war was on, in every breast burned the holy fire of patriotism; the drums were beating, the bands playing, the toy pistols popping, the bunched firecrackers hissing and spluttering; on every hand and […]
Ministry As Empowerment
¢â‚¬Å“Tell me, and I will forget. Show me, and I may remember. Involve me, and I will understand. ¢â‚¬ (Confucius) ~~ “Instead of guarding power, Jesus gives it away; instead of rational discourse, he tells stories; instead of claiming status, he reaches to the lowliest; instead of excluding the rabble, he includes them ¢â‚¬”even at table fellowship! […]
Prayer And Meditation
Very approximately, a prayer time that works through rational points can be called a meditation, and a prayer time that works through imaginative points can be called a contemplation. In a meditation we are thinking, in a contemplation we are simply being there, absorbed in nothing more than gazing. Margaret Hebblethwaite, Finding God in All […]
Scriptures For Worship
In the beginning when God created the heavens and the earth. And God separated the light from the darkness. Then God said, ‘Let us make humankind in our image, according to our likeness; and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the birds of the air, and over the cattle, […]
Prayers
Ever-living God, help us to celebrate our joy in the resurrection of the Lord and to express in our lives the love we celebrate. Daily Mass Book p.188. ~~~ This was to fulfill what had been spoken through the prophet Isaiah, ‘He took our infirmities and bore our diseases.’ Matthew 8:17; ~~~ Who forgives all […]
Spirituality For The Long Haul
Instead of asking yourself whether you believe or not, ask yourself whether you have this day done one thing because he said, Do it, or once abstained because he said, Do not do it. It is simply absurd to say you believe, or even want to believe, in him, if you do not do anything […]
Between Science And Spirituality
By JOHN HORGAN Can mystical spirituality be reconciled with science and, more broadly, with reason? To paraphrase the mystical philosopher Ken Wilber, is the East’s version of enlightenment compatible with that of the West? If so, what sort of truth would a rational mysticism give us? What sort of consolation? There are many claimed convergences […]
A- C- T- S
Clergy/Leaders’ Mail-list No. 2-180 (Practical Christian Living) A-C-T-S Isn’t it interesting that the acronym of a guide to prayer is spelt ACTS? A – adoration, to me, is a time where one reflects, recognises and responds to God’s unique qualities as the Holy Father, Son and Spirit, as the Almighty, the Sovereign, King of Kings […]
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