Good Evening Dear Ones!
A blessed Memorial/ Decoration Day to all! I hope everyone took time to have more Sabbath Rest, Self-Care and made a point to remember to give thanks and pray for all of those who lost their lives in service to our country and not only ours but every nation. When Memorial Day was begun the widows from both sides of the Civil War decorated the graves of both the Blue and the Gray. God commands us to pray and love our family members and enemies alike. Let us take time to do this daily. As I was in Macy's getting starter kit for skin care I hadn't noticed the three words for each step and how they are not just to be applied for skin care but also spiritual care and here they are. Purify, Empower, and Moisturize. How do we do this for our spirits? We PURIFY our spirits by constantly being willing to atone for our sins and forgive those who have wished us harm and any wrongs that have been done to us and we have done to others. We PURIFY also by letting go of petty slights and anything that is hampering us from being in right relationship with God. We should always ask God to help us be Purified. Now how are we EMPOWERed? We are EMPOWERed by Jesus' call to love and serve the least of these and GO! GO where Jesus' calls us! GO without Fear! GO and spell out to all who will listen to the GOSPEL and Good News! GO and shine God's light and love to the world through us with love energy and a widening and expanding heart home. How do we MOISTURIZE our souls ? We MOISTURIZE by feeding our spirits by prayer, fasting, meditation, worship, and weeding out what no longer is serving our souls or is healthy. That may mean you may have to take a break from your church community, prayer group, or even find another way of being spiritually fed.
Remember we are beginning our work of reconciliation and CALM Challenge for the remainder of the Spring and into the Summer months. Here is what we talked about last evening:
This coming week and through the month of June we are going to be having our season of prayer for our diverse world, family, nature, and take time to practice love and repentance for the wrongs we have done to and in this community. It is time to become the reconciled and loving family of God. We must stop warring against each other.
To do the above we need to as in the BAREMINERALS Skinsorials (TM) box says we need to do the three step treatment Purify, Empower, and Moisturize.
Just a reminder of the groups who may feel alienated again from last evening's blog.
Just look at the groups who feel alienated, hated, misunderstood, and feared:
LGBTQIA
Religious communities
The least of these
The mentally ill
African Americans
Muslims
Asian Americans
Native Americans
Hispanics
Refugees
Immigrants both undocumented and documented.
Disabled
Women
Children
No one is exempt from any kind of alienation, hatred, being misunderstood, and feared.
God as we meet together this evening and light our candles let us be at prayer and by your loving grace be purified, empowered, fed and watered by the living waters that course through our veins.God cleanse our bodies, minds, and spirits as we begin another week and that we may continue to work towards reconciliation, unity, be made to live as CALM (Compassionate, accepting, Loving, and merciful ) beings. We pray this night for the courage to sit down with our many family members who may feel alienation, hatred, misunderstood, and feared. May we practice obedience as your servant St. Benedict and "listen with the ear of the heart!" May our hearts be open this week and be expanding to include more of our family members and even those with whom we find ourselves on the opposite side of the bridge. May we begin to walk towards each other and meet one another step by step until we meet half way and allow for your spirit to empower our hearts and not be afraid to show vulnerability and see you in each other's eyes. May we embrace each other and recognize that the heart beat we hear is from you as is beats out its special cadence of love, mercy, peace, and hope. We pray these and all other prayers this night on holy ground, prayed by your holy family , in the Holy Name of Jesus. Amen.
An additional time of prayer may be added!
God we pray for peace your broken world.
May peace and love prevail.
God we pray for women and children and the most vulnerable who are in danger or abuse.
May peace, love, and compassionate care prevail.
God we pray for our enemies and our enemies' family members who are caught in war's cross hairs.
May peace and love prevail.
God we pray for all refugees, captives, and all who are victims of human trafficking.
May they be set free to live in safety and may peace and love prevail.
God we pray for all of our leaders that they may stop legislating cruelty and be aware that when they are hurting another human or living being they are hurting and doing violence to you.
May justice roll down and may peace and love prevail
God we pray for all of us who are struggling to live out in the open as the beautiful children whom God has made. May we not be afraid to live authentically into our own truth.
May we have strength and courage to be ourselves and may peace, justice, equality, and love prevail.
God we pray for all who are ill in body mind and spirit may they be healed of all their infirmities!
May health and healing take place and may love and peace prevail in our bodies, minds, and spirits.
God we pray for all who are in mourning over any kind of loss.
May love ,comfort and peace prevail in their hearts.
God we pray this night for all who are homeless, hungry, and ill clad.
May we lovingly respond to their needs and may they find shelter from the cold and nourishment for their bodies.
God we add our thanksgivings, thoughtful thoughts, and additional prayers________________
Let us lift these our prayers in the Name of Jesus, our brother, friend, savior, teacher, and healer. Amen.
Or these!
Let us continue to be at prayer.
God is Love and Love is God, may we love you with a gentle and childlike spirit.
God is Love and Love is God, may we love our family members with a loving heart and a welcoming heart home.
God is Love and Love is God, may we learn to love ourselves and treat ourselves with gentleness and without shame.
God is Love and Love is God, we pray for all who are ill and in any distress of body, mind, and spirit.
God is Love and Love is God, we pray for peace in this fragile and broken world.
God is Love and Love is God, we pray for all refugees, captives, victims of terror,violence, abuse, and human trafficking.
God is Love and Love is God, we pray for all who are being persecuted by virtue of their sexuality and gender. May they be afforded all human rights and acceptance.
God is Love and Love is God, we pray for all who are mourning and who are pre-grieving.
God is Love and Love is God, we pray for all who are dying and who have died may they enjoy with joy their new mansion fit for them and in the Thin Places.
God is Love and Love is God, we pray for__________________________
God is Love and Love is God , we give thanks for_______________________
God is Love and Love is God, we life up these our prayers in the Name of Jesus who is Love incarnate. Amen.++++++
Good Night Dear Ones! I love you! May you have a blessed and restful night! I give God thanks for you this night and always!
May love, reconciliation, unity, and peace prevail,
Sara
Music selected for tonight!
Stay Here- Taize Mix
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