The necessity of finding sanctuary!

Good evening dearly loved family!

Happy take care Tuesday! I hope all is well! These past few weeks I have been finding it necessary to seek sanctuary outside of my house due to having the luxury or should I say not so good luck of having 3 Televisions and their addicting properties. Yes addicting properties with everything that has been happening in our nation and the world. I find myself  driving down to the church and finding it not only a sanctuary but a place where my spirit it thriving and at peace. We all must find such a place. Our souls and heart homes can become places of sanctuaries too but for whatever reason we find our inner beings less and less inviting due to all the inner noise. This chatter has got to go. So where to we find sanctuary? Let's do a little bit of brainstorming! 

Here are places on my list:

Church
Outdoors
Art Galleries
Healing Gardens
Labyrinths
Beaches
Back road drives near wineries
Hospital Chapels
Missions in California
Maybe a bookstore or coffee house.
Gay bar


Those are my places, where are yours?  We need sanctuary time now more than ever and yes that means we may have to give up the gridded life and see what's beyond the internet.  Tonight let us make our home our sanctuary. 

Let us sit still and breathe.

Close your eyes and repeat the word peace until you feel relaxed and ready for prayer.

God, we come to you this night as tired, rattled, and emotionally fraught children in need of  a place of sanctuary. Help us we pray to light our candles and find our lives with you and resting peaceably in your arms as we offer these our prayers to you. We pray that all of us may take time to find sanctuary wherever we can. We pray for all of your children who are seeking a place of sanctuary after the events in Orlando. We pray that all places of sanctuary may be safe, peaceful, and away from the hustle and bustle of all things. We pray that in these places we may be able if we aren't able to, to live and be authentically who you have made us to be. We pray that We pray for sanctuaries for our family members who are refugees, on the margins, We pray that our countries and all nations may be a place of sanctuary for their residents and the aliens in their midst. We pray that this night all of those touched by violence remembering Istanbul and Orlando may find sanctuary. We pray for an end to all forms of violence, bullying, and verbal discord  We continue to pray for all of our chronically ill people who are in need of sanctuary  so that they may accept your healing O,God.  God let us light our candles and quiet our minds, hearts, and spirits so that we may enter into this time of sanctuary. God keep reminding us that even Jesus went across the lake to pray. We lift up these our prayers and lighten our hearts and may we find sanctuary within you O, God. Amen. 

Our additional time of prayer and rest.


Dear Family of Love an Pilgrims on Our Journey



Dear Lord we continue to pray for all those who are still affected by any kind of weather especially those who need to be out in it. We remember especially the homeless, hungry, those who lack safe transportation, and those who are working in the cold, snowy, and rainy conditions. Watch over them Lord and keep them safe.

We pray for the people of Syria and pray for an end to all armed conflict and that there may be peaceful regime change.

We pray for rain in the drought affected areas in our country and especially in California. 

We pray for all those who are anxious about upcoming surgeries and those who will be having surgeries in the next few days.

We pray for all those battling chronic illnesses and pain. We pray for continued research and the finding of healing treatments for the many autoimmune diseases.

We pray for all those who are traveling this weekend and that they may use common sense on the roads.

We continue to pray for an end to hate crimes, bullying, and emotional, verbal, and physical abuse.

We pray for all of our family members who discriminate against all persons who are LGBT, disabled, unemployed, and all our family members who are on the margins.

We pray that we may learn to love our family members who are also our enemies. Soften both our hearts to be loving and listening.

We pray for the health and  safety of all athletes, media, guests, and dignitaries in Rio De Janiero during the Summer Olympics. 

We pray also for the safety of all our LGBTQQIA family members who are being victims of hate crimes, violence, and draconian laws designed imprison, kill, and make our family members fear for their safety and hide who they are .

We pray for a respect for all of our family members who are victimized. We pray for all those who are led to commit crimes against us and that they may think before they act.

For the leaders of the nations of  the world that they may remember to do justly, love mercy, and to walk humbly with you.

For all those who are lonely and do not have adequate support systems. 

For the many  family members who are sitting vigil with their loved ones of any age  are hospitalized.

We pray for all those who need to step up and be caregivers when our family members who are far away need help.

We pray for all those who are preparing for worship in your sanctuary tomorrow or any sanctuary where we find you in the quiet of our being. We pray for our family members who will proclaim the Gospel  may do so with clarity We pray that we may respond and become servants and laborers in your vineyard and kingdom according to your will O God.

We pray for all women, children, and the most vulnerable.

We pray for all of us who continue to grieve any kind of loss.

We pray for all who are seeking employment and for employers to take risks and hire those who are the long term unemployed.

We pray for all living things and especially all the wild life and pets that are affected by the cold weather and the drought. 

We pray for all our family members whose voices have been silenced and drowned out by those who do not listen. We pray that we may be in solidarity with the voiceless and speak truth to power with them.

This night please add your prayers, thanksgivings, celebrations, and remembrances. 

We also pray for all those who have asked us for prayers and the many circumstances that surround each and that we may knit an ever widening prayer circle around this your Family O Lord. Amen.

We continue to pray for those who have lost their lives in acts of terror remembering today in Istanbul Turkey and the Orlando 49 whom we name before you now:

God we come to you this night still with heavy hearts and we pray as we have been doing for the past week remembering our brothers and sisters who perished at Pulse in Orlando. We pray and remember  them each by name and this night and respond with "Let light perpetual shine upon them"

Amanda Alvear, 25 years old
"Let light perpetual shine upon her"

Oscar A Aracena-Montero, 26 years old
"Let light perpetual shine upon him"

Rodolfo Ayala-Ayala, 33 years old
"Let light perpetual shine upon him"

Antonio Davon Brown, 29 years old
"Let light perpetual shine upon him"

Darryl Roman Burt II, 29 years old
"Let light perpetual shine upon him"

Angel L. Candelario-Padro, 28 years old
"Let light perpetual shine upon him"

Juan Chevez-Martinez, 25 years old
"Let light perpetual shine upon him"

Luis Daniel Conde, 39 years old
"Let light perpetual shine upon him"

Cory James Connell, 21 years old
"Let light perpetual shine upon him"

Tevin Eugene Crosby, 25 years old
"Let light perpetual shine upon him"

Deonka Deidra Drayton, 32 years old
"Let light perpetual shine upon her"

Simon Adrian Carrillo Fernandez, 31 years old
"Let light perpetual shine upon him"

Leroy Valentin Fernandez, 25 years old
"Let light perpetual shine upon him"

Mercedez Marisol Flores, 26 years old
"Let light perpetual shine upon her"

Peter O. Gonzalez-Cruz, 22 years old
"Let light perpetual shine upon him"

Juan Ramon Guerrero, 22 years old
"Let light perpetual shine upon him"

Paul Terrell Henry, 41 years old
"Let light perpetual shine upon him"

Frank Hernandez, 27 years old
"Let light perpetual shine upon him"

Miguel Angel Honorato, 30 years old
"Let light perpetual shine upon him"

Javier Jorge-Reyes, 40 years old
"Let light perpetual shine upon him"

Jason Benjamin Josaphat, 19 years old
"Let light perpetual shine upon him"

Eddie Jamoldroy Justice, 30 years old
"Let light perpetual shine upon him"

Anthony Luis Laureanodisla, 25 years old
"Let light perpetual shine upon him"

Christopher Andrew Leinonen, 32 years old
"Let light perpetual shine upon him"

Alejandro Barrios Martinez, 21 years old
"Let light perpetual shine upon him"

Brenda Lee Marquez McCool, 49 years old
"Let light perpetual shine upon her"

Gilberto Ramon Silva Menendez, 25 years old
"Let light perpetual shine upon him"

Kimberly Morris, 37 years old
"Let light perpetual shine upon her"

Akyra Monet Murray, 18 years old
"Let light perpetual shine upon her"

Luis Omar Ocasio-Capo, 20 years old
"Let light perpetual shine upon him"

Geraldo A. Ortiz-Jimenez, 25 years old
"Let light perpetual shine upon him"

Eric Ivan Ortiz-Rivera, 36 years old
"Let light perpetual shine upon him"

Joel Rayon Paniagua, 32 years old
"Let light perpetual shine upon him"

Jean Carlos Mendez Perez, 35 years old
"Let light perpetual shine upon him"

Enrique L. Rios, Jr., 25 years old
"Let light perpetual shine upon him"

Jean C. Nives Rodriguez, 27 years old
"Let light perpetual shine upon him"

Xavier Emmanuel Serrano Rosado, 35 years old
"Let light perpetual shine upon him"

Christopher Joseph Sanfeliz, 24 years old
"Let light perpetual shine upon him"

Yilmary Rodriguez Solivan, 24 years old
"Let light perpetual shine upon her"

Edward Sotomayor Jr., 34 years old
"Let light perpetual shine upon him"

Shane Evan Tomlinson, 33 years old
"Let light perpetual shine upon him"

Martin Benitez Torres, 33 years old
"Let light perpetual shine upon him"

Jonathan Antonio Camuy Vega, 24 years old
"Let light perpetual shine upon him"

Juan P. Rivera Velazquez, 37 years old
"Let light perpetual shine upon him"

Luis S. Vielma, 22 years old
"Let light perpetual shine upon him"

Franky Jimmy Dejesus Velazquez, 50 years old
"Let light perpetual shine upon him"

Luis Daniel Wilson-Leon, 37 years old
"Let light perpetual shine upon him"

Jerald Arthur Wright, 31 years old
"Let light perpetual shine upon him"

God we lift up these precious ones to you as a reminder that life is precious and that we know that you know us all by name and love us. We pray that we may come together in memory and in honor of all your children to affect positive change in this fragile and broken world that you have made. Amen.

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.

We offer these prayers in the name of God the Creator, Redeemer, and Sanctifier. Amen.

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Good Dear Family ! I love you! May God give you rest and peace this night. I give God thanks for you this night and always!

With love and blessings!

Sara