This week’s summing up of Facebook prayers is written from Sydney Australia where I am currently visiting my Mum. I have found myself sitting quietly each morning enjoying the bird sound and reflecting on the prayers that others have written and reflecting on Mary De Jong’s post on Ordinary Blessings. I hope that you enjoy them too.
Labyrinth Bonnie Harr – In His Footsteps
New Dawn
O Lord,
At each new dawn
You draw back the veil of the heavens
writing messages to all, and some see.
What do you require?
To do justice ~
To love mercy ~
To walk humbly ~
To walk with You. . .
Teach us that fairness is not justice;
mercy is not kindness, alone;
humility is not self-negation;
walking with You is everything.
Amen. B.D. Harr © 2012
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prayer for Justice
God help us to dream impossible dreams,
Not for ourselves but for your kingdom coming.
Help us to pray, not for tasks within our power,
But for your power to equip us for tasks beyond our imaginings.
Help us to risk all that we have to follow you.
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God may your new world be born afresh in us,
May it take root and flourish in our lives,
So that we can grow more like Christ in every way,
And bear the fruit of justice, mercy and love.
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Keep us close, we pray.
Be the one to whom we turn
when faced with fear,
uncertainty,
and questioning.
Be the rock upon which we stand,
the truth we hold to,
certainty
to which we cling.
Be the Father in whose arms
we gladly fall,
security
in our journeying.
Keep us close, we pray.
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Christ Have mercy – A prayer for Light for the Journey
May the blessing of light be on you,
light without and light within.
May the blessed sunlight shine upon you and warm your heart.
May the light shine out of your eyes,
like a candle set in the window of a house,
bidding the wanderer to come in out of the storm.
May the blessing of the earth be upon you, the great round earth;
may you ever have a kindly greeting for people as you’re going along the roads.
And may the Lord bless you, and bless you kindly.
-Common Prayer For The World from www.waymarkers.com
Open Our Eyes Lord
