Good Evening Dear Ones!
Happy Wisdom Wednesday! I can't believe we celebrated Thanksgiving just last week and we are almost into the month of December. Today I did a meditative prayer walk over at the hospital after my Cancer Rehab Class. It was a wonderful and peaceful time. That is what we are going to do tonight as a change of pace. We will virtual prayer walk in place and spend time in the presence of God and each other This will be a time of connecting with our inner beings and nourishing our heart homes and heart roots. Tonight we will not use lessons and canticles only prayers and silence.
So let us begin by engaging in our "Be Stills"
Be still and know that I am God.
Be still and know that I am.
Be still and know.
Be still.
Be.
Be still and know that I am God.
Be still and know that I am.
Be still and know.
Be still.
Be.
Be still and know that I am God.
Be still and know that I am.
Be still and know.
Be still.
Be.
Come join us as we walk the labyrinth in silence as the beautiful family members God created us to be.
God as we enter your presence at the time of the evening breeze and walk silently with you, help us to reconnect with our heart homes, nourish our heart roots, and center our inner beings on you and your creation.
God help us to see our life as a journey not as a destination. May we seek this time of walking the labyrinth as a sacred journey and pilgrimage.
God help us to encounter you in nature as we walk, breathe, and clear our minds.
God give us strength not to hurry or rush through our journey through the labyrinth. Help us to stop the glorification of busy.
God make us aware of our bodies, minds, and spirits as we walk Help us to honor our bodies and our footsteps that will eventually lead us to the center.
God let our footprints represent the persons who need our prayers the most as we walk in silence and not speak their names.
God give us an awareness of those who only have walking as their mode of transportation and if the weather is cool those who lack food, clothing and shelter.
Give us this time to cleanse our hearts and minds from all anxiety that the world is bringing into our hearts this day.
God as we complete this journey let us give thanks for all the abundance you provide for us daily.
God we pray for peace remembering the words of St. Francis of Assisi:
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.
God give us kindness if we should see another person on the labyrinth journey with us. Let us pray the words of
In Lak' Ech:
IN LAK’ECH
Tú eres mi otro yo.
You are my other me.
Si te hago daño a ti,
If I do harm to you,
Me hago daño a mi mismo.
I do harm to myself.
Si te amo y respeto,
If I love and respect you,
Me amo y respeto yo.
I love and respect myself.
Luis Valdez
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God take from us all bitterness that may be hindering us after this walk silently praying:
A Smudging Prayer
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.
Let us now sit quietly and again center our inner beings and follow these breathing exercises:
Let us remember the words of Thomas Merton: "We must slow down to a human tempo and we’ll begin to have time to listen."
Now, let us set up our sanctuaries in our homes for a time of quiet and holy listening. Practice your breathing and mindfulness exercises with these adapted forms of the "Be Stills".
Let us start with a variation on this:
Be Still and Know That I am God.
Be Still and know
Be Still
Be
Be Still and know
Be Still
Be
Inhale God's Love for you
Exhale Your Love for God, each other ,our family members , and yourself.
Exhale Your Love for God, each other ,our family members , and yourself.
Listen with Love in your heart.
Be still and listen to God
Be still and listen
Be still
Be
Be still and listen
Be still
Be
Inhale God's Love for you
Exhale Your Love for God, each other ,our family members and yourself.
Exhale Your Love for God, each other ,our family members and yourself.
Listen with Joy in your Soul
Be still and listen to God.
Be still and listen
Be still
Be
Be still and listen
Be still
Be
Listen for hope in the world.
Inhale God's Love for you
Exhale Your Love for God, each other , our family members and yourself.
Exhale Your Love for God, each other , our family members and yourself.
Be still and listen to God
Be sill and listen
Be still
Be
Be sill and listen
Be still
Be
Inhale God's Love for you
Exhale Your Love for God, each other, our family members,and yourself.
Exhale Your Love for God, each other, our family members,and yourself.
Listen and pray for peace.
Be still and know that I am God
Be still and know
Be still
Be
Be still and know
Be still
Be
Listen for God
Listen to God's voice
Listen to God's message
Listen to the sufferings of God's Fragile and Broken World.
Listen to God's voice
Listen to God's message
Listen to the sufferings of God's Fragile and Broken World.
Dear Ones it is time once again for our daily Virtual Candlelight Prayer Vigil and light our candles and pray for an end to hatred and fear. We pray this night for clean air, water, and soil so that God's Cathedral of Life may be revived and protected. We pray for all of our family members who are on the margins and who feel lost, lonely, alone, and invisible. We pray for peace and safety in all cities, states, and nations of the world. We add our thoughts and thanksgivings and remember to wear our attitudes of CALM (compassion, acceptance, love and mercy) and gratitude in service to God and the entire family of God.
*Those may be replaced with names, or by using Family Members.
Quiet our minds O God so that we can listen and hear your voice and what you are calling us to do and to be.
Help us to be still and listen to that quiet place in our heart and spirit. Help us to unwind our minds O God.
Help us to be still and listen to that quiet place in our heart and spirit. Help us to unwind our minds O God.
Quiet our bodies that we may turn our bodies from human doings to human beings.
Take the keys away that drive our bodies to do and not be.
Take the keys away that drive our bodies to do and not be.
Help us to feel our spirits and the indwelling of You and the Holy Spirit in this time of being quiet and still.
May our spirits be enlivened even in the quietness.
May our spirits be enlivened even in the quietness.
Lord we pray for all who are traveling may they take time to rest and be alert.
Lord help us to lay down our burdens each day at your feet so that we may find rest and spend time with You.
Give us the peace of mind that we are always seeking.
While we spend time with you Lord please take care of all of our loved ones and those whom we have been praying for. If we should fall asleep and rest be with them as we rest in the quietness.
In the stillness O Lord may we drink of the Living Water of Life and be refreshed and feel it coursing through our veins and give us the energy to do your will to your glory and in service to others.
In the stillness we remember and pray for all those who have requested our prayers for themselves and on behalf of others________________________________.
In the stillness we give thanks for the gifts of quiet, contemplation, rest, and times for our bodies, minds, and spirits to be renewed. We give thanks for__________________________
In the stillness we celebrate those times of joy and those who have made a difference in our lives remembering_____________________
In the stillness we remember those who have entered in to life eternal especially________________And we remember those continue to grieve.
We pray for those awaiting surgery tomorrow. Calm their fears and anxieties Lord.
We pray for those who are being beset by bad weather O Lord. Ease these weather patterns Lord.
We pray for those who live in earthquake prone areas. Quiet their minds and give them the peace and knowledge that You O God are there.
Lord God watch over this your troubled and divided world. Set us on fire to help heal and unite it with our prayers, love, service, and actions. Give us grace, courage and love energy to do this in Your Name. Amen.
'Great Spirit Prayer
"Oh, Great Spirit, whose voice I hear in the wind, Whose breath gives life to all the world. Hear me; I need your strength and wisdom. Let me walk in beauty, and make my eyes ever behold the red and purple sunset. Make my hands respect the things you have made and my ears sharp to hear your voice. Make me wise so that I may understand the things you have taught my people.
Help me to remain calm and strong in the face of all that comes towards me. Let me learn the lessons you have hidden in every leaf and rock.
Help me seek pure thoughts and act with the intention of helping others. Help me find compassion without empathy overwhelming me.
I seek strength, not to be greater than my brother, but to fight my greatest enemy Myself..Make me always ready to come to you with clean hands and straight eyes.
So when life fades, as the fading sunset, my spirit may come to you without shame.
by Teresa of Avila.
Christ has no body but yours, No hands, no feet on earth but yours, Yours are the eyes with which he looks. Compassion on this world, Yours are the feet with which he walks to do good, Yours are the hands, with which he blesses all the world.
The Beatitudes
5 When Jesus[a] saw the crowds, he went up the mountain; and after he sat down, his disciples came to him. 2 Then he began to speak, and taught them, saying:
3 “Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.
4 “Blessed are those who mourn, for they will be comforted.
5 “Blessed are the meek, for they will inherit the earth.
6 “Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they will be filled.
7 “Blessed are the merciful, for they will receive mercy.
8 “Blessed are the pure in heart, for they will see God.
9 “Blessed are the peacemakers, for they will be called children of God.
10 “Blessed are those who are persecuted for righteousness’ sake, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.
11 “Blessed are you when people revile you and persecute you and utter all kinds of evil against you falsely[b] on my account. 12 Rejoice and be glad, for your reward is great in heaven, for in the same way they persecuted the prophets who were before you.
Prayer for the Intercession of Servant of God Dorothy Day. (The Dorothy Day Guild)
God our Creator,
Your servant Dorothy Day exemplified the
Catholic faith by her conversion,
life of prayer and voluntary poverty,
works of mercy, and
witness to the justice and peace
of the Gospel.
May her life
inspire people
to turn to Christ as their savior and guide,
to see his face in the world’s poor and
to raise their voices for the justice
of God’s kingdom.
We pray that you grant the favors we ask
through her intercession so that her goodness
and holiness may be more widely recognized
and one day the Church may
proclaim her Saint.
We ask this through Christ our Lord.
Amen.
Your servant Dorothy Day exemplified the
Catholic faith by her conversion,
life of prayer and voluntary poverty,
works of mercy, and
witness to the justice and peace
of the Gospel.
May her life
inspire people
to turn to Christ as their savior and guide,
to see his face in the world’s poor and
to raise their voices for the justice
of God’s kingdom.
We pray that you grant the favors we ask
through her intercession so that her goodness
and holiness may be more widely recognized
and one day the Church may
proclaim her Saint.
We ask this through Christ our Lord.
Amen.
A Litany for Economic Justice From (Episcopal Peace Fellowship)
Leader: We stand before this Wall of Injustice remembering immigrants, refugees and sojourners in our Bible story. From Eden, all have traveled to the lands of the Earth. The People of Israel crossed the Red Sea in search of freedom, answering the call of God. God of Noah, Abraham, Sarah and Hagar, open our hearts to refugees and sojourners around us. Will you remember our shared history as a refugee people?
People: We will, with God’s help.
Leader: We stand at the Wall of Injustices remembering Joseph, sold into slavery, First Nations Peoples forced from their lands, Africans captured, separated and sold for profit, the dispossession of Palestinians in the ongoing Nakba. We recognize that there are more displaced people on our planet today than at any time since World War II. Will you pray that the example of Jesus’ open table fellowship will inspire us to offer hospitality to strangers in our midst?
People: We will, with God’s help.
Leader: We stand before the Wall of Injustices praying for a spirit of abundance, to replace our fear of scarcity and our suspicion of the stranger. As Jesus stood with the workers in the vineyards calling for just wages, God calls us to stand with workers today, calling for living wages and just working conditions. Will you work and pray for abundant life to be shared among all members of the One Human Family?
People: We will, with God’s help.
For the Human FamilyO God, you made us in your own image and redeemed us
through Jesus your Son: Look with compassion on the whole
human family; take away the arrogance and hatred which
infect our hearts; break down the walls that separate us;
unite us in bonds of love; and work through our struggle and
confusion to accomplish your purposes on earth; that, in
your good time, all nations and races may serve you in
harmony around your heavenly throne; through Jesus Christ
our Lord. Amen.
For the Poor and the Neglected
Almighty and most merciful God, we remember before you
all poor and neglected persons whom it would be easy for us
to forget: the homeless and the destitute, the old and the sick,
and all who have none to care for them. Help us to heal those
who are broken in body or spirit, and to turn their sorrow
into joy. Grant this, Father, for the love of your Son, who for
our sake became poor, Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.
For the Oppressed
Look with pity, O heavenly Father, upon the people in this
land who live with injustice, terror, disease, and death as
their constant companions. Have mercy upon us. Help us to
eliminate our cruelty to these our neighbors. Strengthen those
who spend their lives establishing equal protection of the law
and equal opportunities for all. And grant that every one of
us may enjoy a fair portion of the riches of this land; through
Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.
In the Evening
O Lord, support us all the day long, until the shadows
lengthen, and the evening comes, and the busy world is
hushed, and the fever of life is over, and our work is done.
Then in thy mercy, grant us a safe lodging, and a holy rest,
and peace at the last. 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 God whose power, working in us, can do infinitely
more than we can ask or imagine: Glory to him from
generation to generation in the Church, and in Christ Jesus
for ever and ever. Amen. Ephesians 3:20,21
Good Night All! I hope everyone is now ready to rest gentle in God's holy arms of Compassion, Acceptance, Love, and Mercy. I love you and give thanks to God for you this day and always.
Peace, love, prayers, and God's Blessings!
Sara
Resources:
BCPONLINE
Bible Gateway
Dorothy Day Guild
Metis Aboriginal Ministries
Luis Valdez- In Lak' Ech
Walk With Me On Our Journey
Episcopal Peace Fellowship - Litany for Economic Justice
Quote sites for prayers
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