as we have celebrated today
the mystery of the Lord’s resurrection,
grant our humble prayer:
free us from all harm
that we may sleep in peace
& rise in joy to sing your praise.
The Lord grant us a quiet night & a perfect end. Amen.
#Compline #NightPrayer #Prayer
as we have celebrated today
the mystery of the Lord’s resurrection,
grant our humble prayer:
free us from all harm
that we may sleep in peace
& rise in joy to sing your praise.
The Lord grant us a quiet night & a perfect end. Amen.
#Compline #NightPrayer #Prayer
Living God, we are here waiting.
To welcome you, you ask of us simplicity.
You ask us to dare to come before you just as we are,
not wearing any kind of mask,
nothing that veils your image in each one of us.
And so we come to you at each moment with open hearts.
Living God, we are here waiting.
To welcome you, you ask of us simplicity.
You ask us to dare to come before you just as we are,
not wearing any kind of mask,
nothing that veils your image in each one of us.
And so we come to you at each moment with open hearts.
#OSapientia
Come, Wisdom,
living Word of God,
brood over the chaos
of our lives and our world;
create in us pure hearts,
aligned with and
attuned to your love;
heal our spirits
by your presence
in us and with us.
Help us to discern your way,
and follow it joyfully.
#OSapientia
Come, Wisdom,
living Word of God,
brood over the chaos
of our lives and our world;
create in us pure hearts,
aligned with and
attuned to your love;
heal our spirits
by your presence
in us and with us.
Help us to discern your way,
and follow it joyfully.
Hold before us, Lord,
the love you offer
to us and all people,
the blessings you call us to share
with neighbours near and far.
Keep us from focusing only
on ourselves, our own,
on people like us;
give us a heart
for all who need your grace,
that we may honour you.
Hold before us, Lord,
the love you offer
to us and all people,
the blessings you call us to share
with neighbours near and far.
Keep us from focusing only
on ourselves, our own,
on people like us;
give us a heart
for all who need your grace,
that we may honour you.
Turn our focus, Lord Jesus,
onto the treasures of your kingdom,
to love, mercy, peace, justice;
to the life we are offered
in following you.
Let our hearts be set
not on outward image,
for all that glistens is not gold.
Heal us within,
that we may shine your light.
Lord, give them the peace which the world cannot give.
~ Come, Lord Jesus!
#Vespers #EveningPrayer #Advent #Prayer #PrayerforPeace #JesusChrist #ComeLordJesus
Lord, give them the peace which the world cannot give.
~ Come, Lord Jesus!
#Vespers #EveningPrayer #Advent #Prayer #PrayerforPeace #JesusChrist #ComeLordJesus
Lord Jesus,
as we celebrate today
your disciple Nicholas of Myra,
give us like him an understanding
of your care and concern
for all trapped in poverty
or slavery of any kind,
that through us
you may bless
and release them
into the liberty and love
of your kingdom.
Lord Jesus,
as we celebrate today
your disciple Nicholas of Myra,
give us like him an understanding
of your care and concern
for all trapped in poverty
or slavery of any kind,
that through us
you may bless
and release them
into the liberty and love
of your kingdom.
Be quiet in your mind, quiet in your senses, and also quiet in your body. Then, when all these are quiet, don't do anything. In that state truth will reveal itself to you.
Kabir
Be quiet in your mind, quiet in your senses, and also quiet in your body. Then, when all these are quiet, don't do anything. In that state truth will reveal itself to you.
Kabir
as we have celebrated today
the mystery of the Lord’s resurrection,
grant our humble prayer:
free us from all harm
that we may sleep in peace
& rise in joy to sing your praise.
The Lord grant us a quiet night & a perfect end. Amen.
#Compline #NightPrayer #Prayer #RemembranceSunday
as we have celebrated today
the mystery of the Lord’s resurrection,
grant our humble prayer:
free us from all harm
that we may sleep in peace
& rise in joy to sing your praise.
The Lord grant us a quiet night & a perfect end. Amen.
#Compline #NightPrayer #Prayer #RemembranceSunday
When we are beset, Lord,
by turmoil within and without,
buffeted by the storms around us
and driven by fears inside us,
reassure us of your presence with us
and of your love for us,
of your power and your peace,
that we may be drawn by hope,
and sustained by grace.
Lord Jesus,
fill us with a longing
and a passion
to see your healing
in our lives
and in the lives
of those we encounter,
near and far;
not merely in
the fixing of physical issues,
but by the gift of wholeness
in relationship with you,
that all may know
your peace.
Help us, Lord,
to open ourselves to you;
to open our souls
and be filled with your love,
such that it overflows
to the people and
the world around us;
to open our hearts
to hear your call
to the life and work
of your kingdom,
to your justice, mercy,
peace and hope.
Nature is painting for us, day after day,
pictures of infinite beauty
if only we have eyes to see them.
(John Ruskin 1819-1900)
Nature is painting for us, day after day,
pictures of infinite beauty
if only we have eyes to see them.
(John Ruskin 1819-1900)
you have knit together your elect
in one communion & fellowship
in the mystical body of Christ:
Give us grace
so to follow your blessed saints
in all virtuous & godly living,
that we may come to those ineffable joys
you have prepared
for those who truly love you...
you have knit together your elect
in one communion & fellowship
in the mystical body of Christ:
Give us grace
so to follow your blessed saints
in all virtuous & godly living,
that we may come to those ineffable joys
you have prepared
for those who truly love you...
The birds still remember what we have forgotten.
The birds still remember what we have forgotten.
so that by your strength we may rise at daybreak
to rejoice in the resurrection of #Christ, your Son,
who lives & reigns for ever & ever. Amen.
The Lord grant us a quiet night & a perfect end. Amen.
#Compline #NightPrayer #Prayer #JesusChrist #AllSaintsEve
For it's been drummed into me
Give anything, but give
A hand-tied bunch from the garden
A stone smoothed by the love of a hand
Sea glass of blue and green
Sharp edges gone now by the shapeshifting sands
Give anything, but give.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=5BcT...
For it's been drummed into me
Give anything, but give
A hand-tied bunch from the garden
A stone smoothed by the love of a hand
Sea glass of blue and green
Sharp edges gone now by the shapeshifting sands
Give anything, but give.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=5BcT...
so that by your strength we may rise at daybreak
to rejoice in the resurrection of #Christ, your Son,
who lives & reigns for ever & ever. Amen.
The Lord grant us a quiet night & a perfect end. Amen.
#Compline #NightPrayer #Prayer #JesusChrist