Dear Family of Love,
I hope everyone has had a wonderful Self-Care Saturday and that each and everyone of us took time to care for ourselves. This time of year we always are reminded about death, dying,mourning, and the grieving process as we face Good Friday. I think it is important for us to pray and remember! It is also important to take time to get our advanced directives done and also make that first visit to the mortuary of our choice to begin our discussion of what will become of us when we die. This is also a good time to set your funeral services down on paper and discuss them with your minister or trusted friend or relative if you don't have a faith community. Those are my tips of the day! Don't think of them as morbid but think of them as eternal life affirming. So my dear family of love let us be at prayer:
7. We will remember all those who have died and those who are mourning.
6. We will remember and pray that we may acknowledge the sacredness of life and that each day is holy.
5 We will pray for children that they may be protected from harm.
4. We will pray for strong bonds of love and friendship among all faith communities.
3.We will pray for peace in our hearts, minds, and spirits as we prepare for the week ahead.
2. We will pray for all those who are ill and those who are in need of healing.
1.We pray for all the least of these and that we may lovingly respond to their needs.
God and Creator of us all, we pray and remember all those who have died may we name them before you aloud or in our peaceful and silent hearts.
God and Creator of us all, we pray and remember before you the special people in our lives who made us what we are today.
God and Creator of us all,we pray for all of our family members who are newly grieving and those who are continuing to mourn.
God and Creator of us all, may we lovingly respond to our family members who are in need of comfort and compassion and step up and come to their aid.
God and Creator of us all, may we remember that all that you have made is sacred and that we must be caretakers of your Cathedral of Life.
God and Creator of us all,make us ever mindful that each day we live, move, or just be is holy.
God and Creator of us all, help us to make tomorrow a true day of Sabbath rest and worship. May we honor you and Keep the Sabbath day holy.
God and Creator of us all, we pray for all your Children from the littlest ones to those in the twilight of their years.
God and Creator of us all, we pray that all your littlest children will be kept safe from harm and loves as the precious treasures they are.
God and Creator of us all, we pray for all parents, teachers, and all who committed to the care of children that they may be loving, kind, compassionate, and honor this sacred responsibility.
God and Creator of us all, we pray for strong bonds of love and friendship among all faith communities.
God and Creator of us all, may we love one another as you love us without bias but with unconditional love and mercy.
God and Creator of us all, we pray for all religious leaders that they may foster good relationships within their faith communities and those who differ from them. We pray for a unity of purpose between us.
God and Creator of us all, we pray for peaceful in our hearts, minds, and spirits, as we prepare for the weeks ahead remembering the triumphal entry into Jerusalem, The upper room, The Via Dolorosa, The Foot of the Cross,, and the Entry to the the Empty Tomb.
God and Creator of us all, we pray for all who are ill and in need of healing remembering especially______________
God and Creator of us all, we pray for those who practice the arts of medicine and the healing arts.
God and Creator of us all we pray for all of our family members who are living with any chronic or mental illness of any kind that they may be patient and courageous.
God and Creator of us all we pray for The Least of these y/our family members that we may love them and see you in them and yes God we know that many of them are our enemies and wish to do us harm. God help us to see as you see, love as you love, and be merciful as you yourself are merciful.
God and Creator of us all we name and remember the least of these who are on our hearts this very moment.
God and Creator of us all we lift up these our prayers in the Name of Jesus. Amen.
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Good Night Family of Love! I love you! Rest and prepare to meet the Sabbath with loving and cheerful hearts. I give thanks to God for you this night and always!
Peace, love, prayers, and God's Blessings,
Sara
Susan Ciani -Velocity of Love Mix
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