A break from the usual! Just a time of prayer and meditation!

Good Evening Dear Family !

We are going to take a break from the usual! I would like us to spend some time in prayer and meditation using the blog from two years ago tomorrow. This one will help us to refocus our energies and stop the glorification of busy!  Let us go deep into the center and find peace so that we may take stock and listen once again to God's Still Small Voice. Let us as St. Benedict about obedience  by "Listening with the Ear of the Heart"  Now let us listen to the following piece of meditative music. Gregorian Chant for Meditation Mix

Let us light our candles and pray that we may take time to rest, pray, and listen to what God is saying!

Gracious and Loving Spirit may we take time to go to the other side of the lake and take time to rest and pray.

Gracious and Loving Spirit give us the courage to lay down our burdens and listen to you with our  hearts and souls. May our hearts and souls be able to hear you O God.

Gracious  and Loving Spirit, we pray for our enemies who are our family members. May we remember that as you created and love us  you created and love them. 

Gracious and Loving Spirit., we pray for peace in your broken and tender world. May we become peacemakers and hope givers where there hasn't been any hope or peace.

Gracious and Loving Spirit, we pray for all families that are going through many struggles of life and find it difficult to be united and loving.

Gracious and Loving Spirit may we find renewal of focus, guidance and intention. May we allow ourselves to be renewed by Your Gracious loving and empowering Spirit. May we find our lives energized with the rush of  the Mighty Wind at Pentecost.

Gracious  and Loving Spirit, we pray for rain to cleanse, heal, and refresh the drought parched areas throughout the world.

Gracious and Loving Spirit, we pray for an end to violence, terror, and abuse throughout the world.

Gracious and Loving Spirit, we pray for all who are in need of healing of their bodies, minds, and spirits.  

Gracious and Loving Spirit, we pray for all those who are the most vulnerable, elderly, mentally ill, women, children, and the out cast.

Gracious and Loving Spirit, send our hands, feet, hearts, voices and equip us for service in Your Kingdom.

Gracious and Loving Spirit we pray for all who are under hospice care and  making their transition into the Thin Places. We pray for all who have died today and in the last week that they may Rest In Peace and rise in Glory,

We add our own prayers and those prayers that we have been asked to pray on others' behalf remembering especially________________

Gracious and loving Spirit we offer our Thanksgivings, remembrances, and celebrations as well remembering especially _____________

Gracious and Loving Spirit, May we continue to hear God inviting us to "Walk With Me On Our Journey not as one but together in the Light Of Christ and as a Reflection of God''s Light  to one another. 

Gracious and Loving Spirit we ask and lift up these our petitions in Jesus Most Holy Name. Amen.

Or this one that comes with a breathing meditation!

But first!

Tina Turner Teachings of Mindfulness "Beyond"


 Let us begin with our breathing exercises to help us relax and ease any tension and pain we may have anywhere. Let us breathe and pray and accept God's healing.


Inhale the Holy Spirit.
Exhale Love.

Inhale the Holy Spirit
Exhale Love

Inhale the Holy Spirit
Exhale Love

Now repeat the following 3 times;

Be Still and Know That I am God.
Be Still and Know
Be Still 
Be

Tonight's musical selection is :Vangelis Maritimo


Holy God and creator of us all we come before you this night with whatever burdens and pain we may have. Unburden us an cleanse our bodies, minds, and spirits from all pain and stress.

Holy God and creator of us all we come before you with our prayers for peace and harmony in this fragile and broken world. 

Holy God and creator of us all we pray for all who are refugees, human trafficking, abuse, and victims of all violence and terror.

Holy God and creator of us all we pray for sound government in the nations of the world.

Holy God and creator of us all we pray that we may be more loving and merciful to the least of these.

Holy God and creator of us all we pray that we may be good stewards of your Cathedral of Life.

Holy God and creator of  us all we pray for the vulnerable and marginalized that they may be protected from harm.

Holy God and creator of us all we pray for those who are ill remembering______________

Holy God and creator of us all we give thanks for__________________

Holy God we add our additional prayers and remembrances____________

Accept these our prayers in the name of God our Creator, Jesus the Great Physician, and The Holy Spirit the Advocate. Amen.


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Good Night All! May we all be blessed tonight and find ourselves resting gentle in God's loving arms. I love you and may God keep you wrapped tightly and encircled in our prayer quilt of love and unity. I give thanks to God for you this night! We will return to our social justice themed blogs tomorrow.

With love !

Sara