Good Evening Family of Love,
I hope everyone has been taking good care of yourselves after yesterday's election. I know that quite a few of us are scared and don't feel safe today maybe this has been ongoing maybe not. I would like to propose that we all become part of the Red Door Movement a movement designed to make us feel safe, take action, and effect change within the walls of our cyber chapel. We all need to find sanctuary in hard times. This movement is where we can all come together share ideas, organize, not as singular pots but as one large melting pot of diversity. When each of us enters these doors leading to sanctuary we will find solace and you remember this word soulace that will ease out our pain and be the balm to help bind up our wounds. Everyone is welcome but this is the place where we must have a common goal where we in our baptismal vows "Strive for justice and respect the dignity of every human being" In this sanctuary we must be prayer centered and action focused. I guarantee that this will not be a big bad verbal sparring fest but, a time of prayer, listening, and healing. Please contact me at walkwithmeonourjourney@gmail.com if that is something you'd be interested in. If you are one of the many groups who have been feeling unsafe, lost, and marginalized due to last evening's events this is your place, I am only the facilitator. Tonight let us turn our faces "Like a Flint " for a time of prayer and comfort.
Let us enter the red doors and find sanctuary
Let us engage in the "Be stills!"
Be still and know that I am God.
Be still and know that I am.
Be still and know.
Be still.
Be.
Please repeat and breathe.
Let us pray the prayer of St. Francis of Assisi
Lord, make us instruments of your peace. Where there is
hatred, let us sow love; where there is injury, pardon; where
there is discord, union; where there is doubt, faith; where
there is despair, hope; where there is darkness, light; where
there is sadness, joy. Grant that we may not so much seek to
be consoled as to console; to be understood as to understand;
to be loved as to love. For it is in giving that we receive; it is
in pardoning that we are pardoned; and it is in dying that we
are born to eternal life. Amen.
L i g h t i n g t h e L amp o f Evening
A lamp or candle should be lighted now before the icons or the cross. If the incense is still burning, the censer is lifted up three times crosswise at the words “Father, Son, and Holy Spirit” as an act of worship to the Divine Trinity
O Jesus Christ, the Gladdening Light
Of the Immortal Father’s holy glory;
The Heavenly, Holy, Blessed One;
As the sun declines, we see the light of evening,
And sing our hymn to God: + the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit.
Worthy are you, O Son of God, through each and every moment,
That joyful songs should hymn you.
You are the Giver of our Life,
And so the world gives glory
A Smudging Prayer From - (Smudging as a Christian Aboriginal Ceremony)
Creator,
our Father in heaven,
we come to you as your children.
We confess that we are weak and broken images of you.
We pray for the forgiveness and healing you give in Jesus Christ.
May his Spirit clean our spirits, minds, hearts, and bodies.
We pray that your Holy Spirit
will help us to worship in spirit and truth.
We pray in the name of Jesus,
so that his Spirit will carry our prayers to you.
Amen
God we enter this time of sanctuary asking prayers for healing and wholeness.
A Prayer for Healing
We join with the earth and with each other
To bring new life to the land
To restore the waters
To refresh the air
We join with the earth and with each other
To renew the forests
To care for the plants
To protect the creatures
We join with the earth and with each other
To celebrate the seas
To rejoice the sunlight
To sing the song of the stars
We join with the earth and with each other
To recreate the human community
To promote justice and peace
To remember our children
We join with the earth and with each other
We join together as many and diverse expressions
Of one loving mystery, for the healing of earth and the renewal of all life
- National Institute of Open Schooling, India 4
We add these prayers as tender souled people who live in this country from the BOOK OF COMMON PRAYER:
Pray for quiet confidence
O God of peace, who hast taught us that in returning and rest we
shall be saved, in quietness and in confidence shall be our strength:
By the might of thy Spirit lift us, we pray thee, to thy presence,
where we may be still and know that thou art God; through Jesus
Christ our Lord. Amen.
Pray for the nation
Lord God Almighty, you have made all the peoples of the earth for
your glory, to serve you in freedom and in peace: Give to the people
of our country a zeal for justice and the strength of forbearance,
that we may use our liberty in accordance with your gracious will;
through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the
Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever. Amen
Day After Election Pray to live as a disciple of Jesus Christ today, no matter the election results (From A Season of Prayer for an Election- Forwardmovement.org)
O God: Give me strength to live another day; Let me not turn coward before its difficulties or prove recreant to its duties; Let me not lose faith in other people; Keep me sweet and sound of heart,in spite of ingratitude, treachery, or meanness; Preserve me from minding little stings or giving them; Help me to keep my heart clean, and to live so honestly and fearlessly that no outward failure can dishearten me or take away the joy of conscious integrity; Open wide the eyes of my soul that I may see good in all things; Grant me this day some new vision of thy truth; Inspire me with the spirit of joy and gladness; and make me the cup of salvation to suffering souls; in the name of the strong Deliverer, our only Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ. Amen.
Prayers for the Tender Souls
We pray this night for our mental health professionals and all of our mentally ill family members who have fallen through the cracks.
We pray for better early interventions for those with mental illnesses and that everyone will be able to listen for their unspoken cries for help.
We pray for the marginalized who feel outcast. May we lovingly bring them into the circle and show them how You love us.
We pray for all of our Family members who have PTSD that they may receive care and the necessary services that will help them prosper and live productive lives.
We pray for our homeless family members who live outdoors. We pray that there may be adequate shelters and a variety of places to live that will meet their needs. We pray that we may be sensitive to their needs when we see them as we walk, shop, and are in our cars.
We pray for the safety of all the vulnerable members of our society.
We pray for better gun laws that will both protect our family members in our community and the persons who aren't suitable gun owners.
We pray that all churches may be truly sanctuaries for everyone and that there won't be a litmus test required to belong. We pray that all faith leaders will give the least of these the the security and feeling that they are loved, accepted, and that their dignity is respected regardless of who they are. Help everyone know who they are and whose they are!
We pray that there may be social service ministries in our urban centers that are non-threatening and available 24/7/365. May we be guided to think outside the box and minister to our family members who need these services.
We pray for compassionate immigration reform and that families may be kept together.
We pray for all of our medical professionals who work in the ER this night and those who work in the Mortuary and Hospice ministries.
We pray for an end to violence against women and children.
God we pray for Standing Rock and all places where there are protests. We pray for all sacred lands and waters.
God help us to be better at listening, watching, and being family to those who are different that ourselves.
May we see you in their eyes and love them as you love us.
God we lift up these our prayers and the prayers that we have been requested to pray this day to you !
Amen.
Psalm 46
Therefore we will not fear, though the earth should change, though the mountains shake in the heart of the sea;
though its waters roar and foam, though the mountains tremble with its tumult. Selah
There is a river whose streams make glad the city of God, the holy habitation of the Most High.
God is in the midst of the city; it shall not be moved; God will help it when the morning dawns.
The nations are in an uproar, the kingdoms totter; he utters his voice, the earth melts.
The Lord of hosts is with us; the God of Jacob is our refuge. Selah
Come, behold the works of the Lord; see what desolations he has brought on the earth.
He makes wars cease to the end of the earth; he breaks the bow, and shatters the spear; he burns the shields with fire.
“Be still, and know that I am God! I am exalted among the nations, I am exalted in the earth.”
The Lord of hosts is with us; the God of Jacob is our refuge. Selah
Prayers for Sanctuary!
God we pray that when we don't feel safe that we may look inwardly and find our heart homes a place of sacred space and safety.
God we pray that we may be a soft place in which to fall for all of our family members.
God we take this time to be together as one family where we can truly pray and feel the love we have for one another.
God we pray for all who are lonely, lost, and afraid that we may extend a loving hand and prayer towards them.
God we pray for peace in this fragile and broken world that we may seek to be peace makers, hope bringers, love givers, and radiate joy to all.
God we pray to be in harmony with nature and all living things and for the protection and conservation of your Cathedral of Life.
God we pray for all who are ill and in pain that their suffering may be relieved and given you healing balm.
God we pray for an end to all division and hatred that we all may be one and learn from each other.
God we lift up these our prayers in your holy and life giving name. Amen.
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Good Night Dear Ones May we find comfort, rest, and peace for our souls.
With love and blessings,
Sara
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