Good Evening Dear Family of God and Love!
Happy Weekend! This week in many conversations I have been hearing the word legacy, and pondering what that means as human beings, people of faith, and what we will leave to the next generations. What does the word legacy mean to you? Does it make you feel old ? Does it remind you of finality of life and other things? Let us ponder these things this weekend as we make return to our 3 day retreats and finding time for Sabbath and reflection. Tonight I want us to do word analysis on the word legacy and then meditate upon the word.
Here is how we do word analysis:
Write the word.
Parts of Speech.
Etymology ( Word Origin)
Use the word in a sentence.
Find and cite from two outside sources.
Pick on of the meanings and if you want to use a synonym to meditate upon of the word you may.
Please take your time. And when you return we will have a time of prayer.
May we settle in with today's wish: Go out ! Pay it forward, Practice Random Acts of Kindness, Bring Joy and love to others! That is what God calls us to do each and every day that we live, move, and be. We aren't let off the hook with this one as family members.
Time to begin with our "Be Stills!"
Be still and know that I am God.
Be still and know.
Be still.
Be.
Peace be still.
Breathe in God's Goodness,
Breathe out all anxiety and worry.
Pause.
Be still and know that I am God.
Be still and know.
Be still.
Be.
Peace be still.
Breathe in God's Goodness,
Breathe out all anxiety and worry.
Pause.
Be still and know that I am God.
Be still and know.
Be still.
Be.
Peace be still.
Breathe in God's Goodness,
Breathe out all anxiety and worry.
Pause.
Take your time, breathe, relax, and unwind. If silence is too much you may play any kind of music you'd like.
Today's wish: Go out ! Pay it forward, Practice Random Acts of Kindness, Bring Joy and love to others! That is what God calls us to do each and every day that we live, move, and be. We aren't let off the hook with this one as family members.
Let's take a look at today's wish and its components!
Go out! means to step out boldly into the world and serve God and others. This also means not to be afraid to serve God by loving our enemies as well.
Pay it forward means to give of oneself with love without expecting something in return,
Practice random acts of kindness means : Being kind just because, from the heart with love unexpectedly. Kind of like a daily being kind surprise party.
Bring Joy and Love to others simply means bringing joy and love to others. Be brave and not afraid to love and bring joy. It will bring the light into your lives and all of our family members.
How we do this is as individual as we are. So as we begin the Long Green Season of Ordinary Time, let's dive into the living waters of life that is coursing through out veins with courage and follow Today's wish: Go out ! Pay it forward, Practice Random Acts of Kindness, Bring Joy and love to others!
Stay with us, Christ, for it is evening.
Make your Church bright with your radiance.
Blessed be the one, holy, and living God.
Glory to God for ever and ever.
Let my prayer be set forth in your sight as incense, the lifting
up of my hands as the evening sacrifice. Psalm 141:2
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.
Grace to you and peace from God our Father and from the
Lord Jesus Christ. Philippians 1:2
Worship the Lord in the beauty of holiness; let the whole earth
tremble before him. Psalm 96:9
Yours is the day, O God, yours also the night; you established
the moon and the sun. You fixed all the boundaries of the
earth; you made both summer and winter. Psalm 74:15, 16
I will bless the Lord who gives me counsel; my heart teaches
me, night after night. I have set the Lord always before me;
because he is at my right hand, I shall not fall. Psalm 16:7, 8
Seek him who made the Pleiades and Orion, and turns deep
darkness into the morning, and darkens the day into night;
who calls for the waters of the sea and pours them out upon
the surface of the earth: The Lord is his name. Amos 5:8
Psalm 121 Levavi oculos
I will lift up mine eyes unto the hills; *
from whence cometh my help?
My help cometh even from the Lord, *
who hath made heaven and earth.
He will not suffer thy foot to be moved, *
and he that keepeth thee will not sleep.
Behold, he that keepeth Israel *
shall neither slumber nor sleep.
The Lord himself is thy keeper; *
the Lord is thy defence upon thy right hand;
So that the sun shall not burn thee by day, *
neither the moon by night.
The Lord shall preserve thee from all evil; *
yea, it is even he that shall keep thy soul.
The Lord shall preserve thy going out, and thy coming in, *
from this time forth for evermore.
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A Song of Ezekiel
Ezekiel 36:24-28
I will take you from among all nations; *
and gather you from all lands to bring you home.
I will sprinkle clean water upon you; *
and purify you from false gods and uncleanness.
A new heart I will give you *
and a new spirit put within you.
I will take the stone heart from your chest *
and give you a heart of flesh.
I will help you walk in my laws *
and cherish my commandments and do them.
You shall be my people, *
and I will be your God.
A Song of Christ’s Goodness
Anselm of Canterbury
Jesus, as a mother you gather your people to you; *
you are gentle with us as a mother with her children.
Often you weep over our sins and our pride, *
tenderly you draw us from hatred and judgment.
You comfort us in sorrow and bind up our wounds, *
in sickness you nurse us and with pure milk you feed us.
Jesus, by your dying, we are born to new life; *
by your anguish and labor we come forth in joy.
Despair turns to hope through your sweet goodness; *
through your gentleness, we find comfort in fear.
Your warmth gives life to the dead, *
your touch makes sinners righteous.
Lord Jesus, in your mercy, heal us; *
in your love and tenderness, remake us.
In your compassion, bring grace and forgiveness, *
for the beauty of heaven, may your love prepare us.
Let us pray using today's wish: Go out ! Pay it forward, Practice Random Acts of Kindness, Bring Joy and love to others!
God give us courage to go out into your world on your behalf to serve you and all our family members.
God help us to continue to pay it forward from the depths of our hearts.
God give us the tools to practice random acts of kindness and that we may use them with our hearts and for the good of all.
God may we bring joy and love to others without fear and help us to do this boldly, but gently.
God we pray that we may go out and serve the least of these with love, joy, and mercy.
God we pray that as we pay it forward this fragile wold of yours may be changed back into the loving world you created.
God we pray that we may practice random acts of kindness by accepting your invitation to do this with joy, love, hope, and peace.
God we pray that as we bring joy and love to others we may see you in our family members faces and in the lights in their eyes.
God we pray for all who mourn may we go out and comfort them.
God we pray for all who are dying and who have died that we may continue their legacy of giving by paying it forward.
Today we remember the legacy of Soweto Massacre
In 1976 seven hundred students were killed in Soweto, South Africa, as they struggled against the forces of apartheid.
The legacy of Philando Castille
The legacy of the Charleston 9
The legacy of the Orlando 49
God we pray for ourselves and on behalf of others by not only with our spoken prayers but in our prayers in the form of random acts of kindness.
We lift up these our prayers in Jesus' name who taught us many things that are contained in today's wish Go out ! Pay it forward, Practice Random Acts of Kindness, Bring Joy and love to others!. Amen.
A Song of Praise Benedictus es, Domine
Song of the Three Young Men, 29-34
Glory to you, Lord God of our fathers; *
you are worthy of praise; glory to you.
Glory to you for the radiance of your holy Name; *
we will praise you and highly exalt you for ever.
Glory to you in the splendor of your temple; *
on the throne of your majesty, glory to you.
Glory to you, seated between the Cherubim; *
we will praise you and highly exalt you for ever.
Glory to you, beholding the depths; *
in the high vault of heaven, glory to you.
Glory to you, Father, Son, and Holy Spirit; *
we will praise you and highly exalt you for ever.
A Prayer attributed to St. Francis
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.
The Song of Simeon Nunc dimittis
Luke 2:29-32
Lord, you now have set your servant free *
to go in peace as you have promised;
For these eyes of mine have seen the Savior, *
whom you have prepared for all the world to see:
A Light to enlighten the nations, *
and the glory of your people Israel.
Glory to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit: *
as it was in the beginning, is now, and will be for ever. Amen.
Holy eternal Majesty,
Holy incarnate Word,
Holy abiding Spirit,
Bless you for evermore. Amen.
Good Night All! Have a restful time of reflection and meditation. I love you. I give thanks to God for you! You bless me each day by your presence. Don't forget to do your Worry/Sabbath jar-box-journal before you go to bed. See you tomorrow beloved ones.
With love and joy!
Sara
Resources:
Enriching our Worship
Book of Common Prayer
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