Dear Family of Love,
I hope everyone had a wonderful Take Care Tuesday! It has been overcast and cold here in Santa Maria today. I am having better energy though. Tomorrow we begin the Lenten season and that means getting back into our disciplines and taking time to inwardly focus and be less ego-centered.
As we prepare for Lent let us remember this is not the time to make New Year's Resolution type of pronouncements of what we are going to give up, these kind of things don't have any meaning. Tonight let us take time to lay down those things that keep us separated from God and each other. You know what those things are for you. So let us go deep into the center and meditate on these things. For tonight's meditation music we will listen to The Lord of the Rings of the Symphony or
Herbert Howells -Master Tallis's Testament
Compassionate God help us to lay down all those things that prevent us from being one with you and each other.
God we pray for all of us who will be entering into the season of Lent tomorrow, may we be ready to hear the the words of Ash Wednesday and to "Remember that we are dust!"
God we pray for all the clergy who are in preparation for Ash Wednesday and the Lenten season. May they find time for their own observances.
God we pray for peace in your world an that violence and terror may vanish and be given over to love, compassion, and holy healing of your Cathedral of life.
God take away all hard heartedness and bitterness that we may sew seeds of love and hope.
God give us this time to be a human chrysalis and prepare our hearts and spirits for new life at Easter.
God we pray for the healing of bodies, minds, and spirits and memories so that we will be able to find ourselves healthy again.
God we pray for those who are newly born and those who have entered the Thin Places this day. Help us to celebrate life in all its glory.
God we pray for the least of these who find themselves in severe and unsafe living conditions.
Help us O God to mindful of the needs of others this day and always.
We add our additional prayers and thanksgivings now before you remembering especially_____________ All this we ask in Jesus' most holy name. Amen.
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Today's wish is that we remember that we are all connected and that is something to be grateful for and celebrate!
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Good Night Dear Family! Have a blessed night and time of Mardi Gras. I love you ! Tomorrow may we find the beginning of Lent filled with wonder and be a Wonder-Full Ash Wednesday.
With love and prayers for a peaceful body, mind, and spirit!
Sara
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