Good Evening Dear Ones!
Happy Being Thoughtful and Thankful Thursday! I'm excited to announce our newest venture in communication with Walk With Me On Our Journey! We now will be having a newsletter that you all can subscribe to. I hope you will become subscribers and enjoy more features and bells and whistles. Here is the link to the newsletter and what it will look like.
Walk With Me On Our Journey The Newsletter is Here!
Meanwhile let us be at prayer!
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Remember our silence sessions we used to have? That is what we ware going to do tonight. Please find your timer, mindfulness app, and if you have trouble with silence please find a piece of music or nature sounds soundtrack.
Let us be in silence for a period of 10 minutes or longer!
Taize Instrumental
Slowly breathe and relax. Take your time. Be at peace.
Or try this!
Be Still and Know that I am God.
Be Still and Know that I am
Be Still and Know
Be Still
Be
Repeat the above for 3 times.
Now let us sit and just be for a period of 10 minutes or time period of your choice in silence. Close your eyes, sit, and just be. Don't forget to begin to unwind your mind and empty all the junk in them and place them in the recycle bin.
Now it's time to go deeper and journey to the center of our inner being and spend a time of listening and conversation in with God and in God's presence.
Let us be in silence for a period of 10 minutes or longer!
Taize Instrumental
Slowly breathe and relax. Take your time. Be at peace.
Or try this!
Be Still and Know that I am God.
Be Still and Know that I am
Be Still and Know
Be Still
Be
Repeat the above for 3 times.
Now let us sit and just be for a period of 10 minutes or time period of your choice in silence. Close your eyes, sit, and just be. Don't forget to begin to unwind your mind and empty all the junk in them and place them in the recycle bin.
Now it's time to go deeper and journey to the center of our inner being and spend a time of listening and conversation in with God and in God's presence.
Make your Church bright with your radiance
Light of the World Phos hilaron
Light of the world, in grace and beauty,
Mirror of God’s eternal face,
Transparent flame of love’s free duty,
You bring salvation to our race.
Now, as we see the lights of evening,
We raise our voice in hymns of praise;
Worthy are you of endless blessing,
Sun of our night, lamp of our days
Let us now in silence light our candles and be at prayer!
Holy God we come to you tonight as we light our candles, pray, and spend time with you and each other. Help us we pray to enter into this time in silence and holy pause that we may seek to know you and your love more fully. Give us we pray the courage to unwind and disconnect from the busy -ness of our daily lives. We ray that as we enter in this time of silent prayer we may with the Holy Spirit's empowerment pray for those things that bubble up within us. Give us this time to seek not our own comfort but for the comfort of others. We pray this night for quietness and safety in our cities. We pray for peace, justice, and universal human rights for all people. We pray that all weapons and sounds of war and calamity may be made still so that we can hear the heartbeats of every living being that you made in love. We light our candles in silence to remember all those who lost their lives in senseless acts of terror and violence today and those who have been affected in the past few days: Manchester, London, Kabul, Mosul, Baghdad, Tehran, and Pakistan and Orlando. We pray this night that in the silence we may rewire our brains and spirits to be compassionate, accepting, loving, and merciful. We pray that in silence we may listen to you and hear the cries of the voiceless ones. We pray these prayers this night in the silence and stillness of our beings in the name of Jesus. Amen
Psalm 119:145–152
Clamavi in toto corde meo
145 I call with my whole heart; *
answer me, O Lord, that I may keep your statutes.
146 I call to you;
oh, that you would save me! *
I will keep your decrees.
147 Early in the morning I cry out to you, *
for in your word is my trust.
148 My eyes are open in the night watches, *
that I may meditate upon your promise.
149 Hear my voice, O Lord, according to your loving-kindness; *
according to your judgments, give me life.
150 They draw near who in malice persecute me; *
they are very far from your law.
151 You, O Lord, are near at hand, *
and all your commandments are true.
152 Long have I known from your decrees *
that you have established them for ever.
Judith 16:13-16
I will sing a new song to my God, *
for you are great and glorious, wonderful in strength, invincible.
Let the whole creation serve you, *
for you spoke and all things came into being.
You sent your breath and it formed them, *
no one is able to resist your voice.
Mountains and seas are stirred to their depths, *
rocks melt like wax at your presence.
But to those who fear you, *
you continue to show mercy.
No sacrifice, however fragrant, can please you, *
but whoever fears the Lord shall stand in your sight for ever.
Two men remained in the camp, one named Eldad, and the other named Medad, and the spirit rested on them; they were among those registered, but they had not gone out to the tent, and so they prophesied in the camp. And a young man ran and told Moses, "Eldad and Medad are prophesying in the camp." And Joshua son of Nun, the assistant of Moses, one of his chosen men, said, "My lord Moses, stop them!" But Moses said to him, "Are you jealous for my sake? Would that all the Lord’s people were prophets, and that the Lord would put his spirit on them!"
God is able to provide you with every blessing in abundance, so that by always having enough of everything, you may share abundantly in every good work. As it is written,
“He scatters abroad, he gives to the poor;
his righteousness endures for ever.”
He who supplies seed to the sower and bread for food will supply and multiply your seed for sowing and increase the harvest of your righteousness. You will be enriched in every way for your great generosity, which will produce thanksgiving to God through us; for the rendering of this ministry not only supplies the needs of the saints but also overflows with many thanksgivings to God. Through the testing of this ministry you glorify God by your obedience to the confession of the gospel of Christ and by the generosity of your sharing with them and with all others, while they long for you and pray for you because of the surpassing grace of God that he has given you. Thanks be to God for his indescribable gift!
A Song of True Motherhood
Julian of Norwich
God chose to be our mother in all things *
and so made the foundation of his work,
most humbly and most pure, in the Virgin’s womb.
God, the perfect wisdom of all, *
arrayed himself in this humble place.
Christ came in our poor flesh *
to share a mother’s care.
Our mothers bear us for pain and for death; *
our true mother, Jesus, bears us for joy and endless life.
Christ carried us within him in love and travail, *
until the full time of his passion.
And when all was completed and he had carried us so for joy, *
still all this could not satisfy the power of his wonderful love.
All that we owe is redeemed in truly loving God, *
for the love of Christ works in us;
Christ is the one whom we love.
Luke 8:4–15
When a great crowd gathered and people from town after town came to Jesus, he said in a parable: “A sower went out to sow his seed; and as he sowed, some fell on the path and was trampled on, and the birds of the air ate it up. Some fell on the rock; and as it grew up, it withered for lack of moisture. Some fell among thorns, and the thorns grew with it and choked it. Some fell into good soil, and when it grew, it produced a hundredfold.” As he said this, he called out, “Let anyone with ears to hear listen!”
Then his disciples asked him what this parable meant. He said, “To you it has been given to know the secrets of the kingdom of God; but to others I speak in parables, so that
‘looking they may not perceive,
and listening they may not understand.’
“Now the parable is this: The seed is the word of God. The ones on the path are those who have heard; then the devil comes and takes away the word from their hearts, so that they may not believe and be saved. The ones on the rock are those who, when they hear the word, receive it with joy. But these have no root; they believe only for a while and in a time of testing fall away. As for what fell among the thorns, these are the ones who hear; but as they go on their way, they are choked by the cares and riches and pleasures of life, and their fruit does not mature. But as for that in the good soil, these are the ones who, when they hear the word, hold it fast in an honest and good heart, and bear fruit with patient endurance.”
My soul proclaims the greatness of the Lord,
my spirit rejoices in you, O God my Savior, *
for you have looked with favor on your lowly servant.
From this day all generations will call me blessed: *
you, the Almighty, have done great things for me,
and holy is your name.
You have mercy on those who fear you *
from generation to generation.
You have shown strength with your arm *
and scattered the proud in their conceit,
Casting down the mighty from their thrones *
and lifting up the lowly.
You have filled the hungry with good things *
and sent the rich away empty.
You have come to the help of your servant Israel, *
for you have remembered your promise of mercy,
The promise made to our forebears, *
to Abraham and his children for ever.
Let us now be at prayer.
Dear God in the silence we hear your voice calling us to love, serve,and give thanks.
In the silence O God,we pray that peace will prevail upon this your fragile and broken world.
In the silence O God, help us to realize that wherever we plant our feet, take a breath, and live that is holy ground for a holy people.
In the silence we pray for all of our family members who are in need of healing of body, mind, and spirits.
In the silence, help us to be still and know that You are God.
In the silence, we pray for the needs of the least of these that we may come into their lives without fear but quietly, gently, and with compassion.
In the silence O God, listen for you walking in your Cathedral of Life at the time of the evening breeze.
In the silence O God, give us loving and joyful hearts that are enlivened and on fire for you!
In the silence O God, we give thanks for all of your goodness and mercy and offer our thanks______
In the silence O God we pray for the troubled areas of the world and for all refugees, captives, political prisoners, victims of human trafficking, and violence in its many forms.
In the silence O God, we pray for all who are mourning the losses of loved ones or any kind of loss. We pray that they may gradually accept silence as cleansing and healing and not something to run away from.
In the silence O God, help us to rely and put our trust in your love, grace, mercy, and inclusion.
In the silence O God, we add our additional prayers for ourselves and on behalf of others especially____________
In the silence O God, we lift up these our prayers to your Only Son Jesus the Christ our redeemer, healer,reconciler, brother, master, and friend, Amen.
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My wish for us this Summer and always:
Let silence be our friend this Summer and always! God speaks to us in the still small voice of CALM (Compassion, Acceptance, Love, and Mercy)
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Good Night dear family! Enjoy your time of silence. I hope that you will feel God's presence and my love for you across the miles. I love you and give God thanks for you always! Tomorrow is Being Thoughtful and Thankful Thursday let us be always thankful and make every day a holy day.
Love, prayers, and blessings!
Sara
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