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Midweek PrayersPrayer for Tuesday, September 21, 2021
[Please enter in silence.] Written Prayer Daily Prayers for September 21 from Common Prayer: A Liturgy for Ordinary Radicals Henri Nouwen was a Dutch Catholic priest who became an esteemed professor at both Yale and Harvard, but then followed the path of “downward mobility” in his pursuit of Jesus. He left the public eye to work among those struggling to survive in Latin America and then joined the work of L’Arche Daybreak Community in Canada. He was a “wounded healer” whose restless seeking for God has left a legacy to the world through prolific writings on the spirituality of brokenness and vulnerability. He died suddenly on this day in 1996. O Lord, let my soul rise up to meet you as the day rises to meet the sun. Glory to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit, as it was in the beginning, is now, and will be forever. Amen. When the people of God were few in number : of little account, and sojourners in the land, wandering from nation to nation : and from one kingdom to another, the Lord let no one oppress them : and rebuked kings for their sake, saying, “Do not touch my anointed : and do my prophets no harm.” Sing to the Lord, sing praises : make known his deeds among the nations. Henri Nouwen wrote, “Praying is no easy matter. It demands a relationship in which you allow someone other than yourself to enter into the very center of your person, to see there what you would rather leave in darkness, and to touch there what you would rather leave untouched.” Lord, we bring to you our vulnerability, our wounds, our pain, and our growth. By the power of your forgiving love, help us also to become wounded healers. Amen. May the peace of the Lord Christ go with you : wherever he may send you; may he guide you through the wilderness : protect you through the storm; may he bring you home rejoicing : at the wonders he has shown you; may he bring you home rejoicing : once again into our doors. Time of Open Prayer Benediction |
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Prayer for Wednesday, September 22, 2021
[Please enter in silence.] Written Prayer Breath Prayer Introduction by Rev. Dr. Brenda Salter McNeil; Prayer by Sheridan Voysey Breath prayer is an invitation to slow down. It engages the physical body and helps us experience God’s presence in our bodies and the physical world, integrating the physical and spiritual parts of our lives. What are you breathing in and breathing out today? Lord God, fill me with your Holy Spirit. I receive your love and release my insecurity. I receive your joy and release my unhappiness. I receive your peace and release my anxiety. I receive your patience and release my impulsiveness. I receive your kindness and release my indifference. I receive your goodness and release my ungodliness. I receive your faithfulness and release my disloyalty. I receive your gentleness and release my severity. I receive your self-control and release my self-indulgence. Lord God, fill me with your Holy Spirit. Amen. Time of Open Prayer Benediction |
Prayer for Thursday, September 23, 2021
[Please enter in silence.] Written Prayer Noonday Prayers from The Book of Common Prayer (1979) of the Episcopal Church Heavenly Father, send your Holy Spirit into our hearts, to direct and rule us, according to your will, to comfort us in all afflictions, to defend us from all error, and to lead us into all truth; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Blessed Savior, at this hour you hung on the cross, stretching out your loving arms: Grant that all the peoples of the earth may look to you and be saved; for your tender mercies’ sake. Almighty Savior, who at noonday called your servant Saint Paul to be an apostle to the Gentiles: We pray you to illumine the world with the radiance of your glory, that all nations may come and worship you; for you live and reign for ever and ever. Lord Jesus Christ, you said to your apostles, “Peace I give to you; my own peace I leave with you:” Regard not our sins, but the faith of your Church, and give to us the peace and unity of that heavenly City, where with the Father and the Holy Spirit you live and reign, now and for ever. Amen. Time of Open Prayer Benediction |