Aurora Borealis link
A Prayer from Deitrich Bonhoeffer: I Cannot Do This Alone link
O God, early in the morning I cry to you.
Help me to pray and to concentrate my thoughts on you;
I cannot do this alone.
In me there is darkness, but with you there is light;
I am lonely, but you do not leave me; I am feeble in heart, but with you there is help;
I am restless, but with you there is peace. In me there is bitterness, but with you there is patience;
I do not understand your ways, but you know the way for me….
Restore me to liberty, and enable me to live now hat I may answer before you and before men.
Lord whatever this day may bring, Your name be praised.
Amen.
A Prayer for Hope & Solidarity from Annabel Shilson-Thomas link
Lord, you set your face towards Jerusalem
and walked alongside those who suffer.
Be our vision that we too may walk the way of the cross
and extend a hand to those we meet.
Lord, give us the gladness of your help
And support us with a willing spirit.
Lord, you stopped to heal the sick, cure the lame
and give sight to the blind.
Be our vision that we too may give time to others
and respond to their needs.
Lord, give us the gladness of your help
And support us with a willing spirit.
Lord, you said, “The first shall be last and the last first.”
Be our vision that we too may work towards your kingdom
when the exalted will be brought low and the lowly exalted.
Lord, give us the gladness of your help
And support us with a willing spirit.
Lord, you ate with tax collectors and sinners and heard their stories.
Be our vision that we too may listen to the despised and rejected
and value their lives.
Lord, give us the gladness of your help
And support us with a willing spirit.
Lord, you took time to pray and time to be silent.
Be our vision that through our prayers, fasting and almsgiving
we too may draw closer to you and find your way.
Lord, give us the gladness of your help
And support us with a willing spirit.
Lord, you entered Jerusalem with peace in your heart.
Be our vision that we too may desire peace where others desire war,
and may work for justice where injustice reigns.
Lord, give us the gladness of your help
And support us with a willing spirit
For you are our hope and our salvation.
Amen.
Nicene Creed
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Benediction Ephesians 3:20-21 link
Now to him who is able to do far more abundantly than all that we ask or think,
according to the power at work within us, to him be glory in the church
and in Christ Jesus throughout all generations, forever and ever.
Amen.
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