When the carols have been stilled,When the star-topped tree is taken down,When family and friends are gone home,When we are back to our schedulesThe work of Christmas begins: To welcome the refugee, To heal a broken planet, To feed the hungry, To build bridges of trust, not walls of fear, To share our gifts, To […]
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God,I know you are out there,waiting to break my heart openthrough service to your people.Show me how to find you in them,to open my heart and hands to feel and to touch,to laugh and to cry with your chosen ones, the poor,who carry with them direct pathways to your loving heart.Give me a taste for […]
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All-loving God,awaken in us the patience to be incomplete,to be in the process of becoming closer to you and to your people.Help us to know that slow is real,that gradual is divineand keep gently asking for our participation in the work of salvation.Give us ways to respond;give us the energy to be actively engagedin the […]
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Always-present God,help me to be present to all who need me.Help me be presentto those I know too well to actually seeand to those who are unseen strangers to me.Give me the ability to model your attentive, loving gazewhen I view my world,my familyand my friends,who are seen and loved by you first.Finally, may my […]
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God without borders,help us to take a step closer to our brothers and sisters.Wherever they originally are from,we are all headed towards You,help us travel this one road together.Give us the ability to welcome and to serve as you would today,even if out steps are locallet our hearts be filled with a love of the […]
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God of love,help us to use the gifts you give usfor the people who need us.Help us to see their need and, inspired by your Son,reach beyond ourselves,beyond our institutions,to the very margins and bring all to you, the center.May all we do be in preparation to serve more fully,seeking you in the world that […]
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Holy, life-giving Spirit,infuse in us your ability to remain present to your people.Help us to be there,to be right there,for the people who need us.There for young people,there for the elderly,there for the brokenhearted;fire our hearts with your life-changing presence.Even though we know you to be everywhereand in everything,give us the ability to be fully […]
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O Dearly beloved Word of God, teach me to be generous, to serve Thee as Thou dost deserve, to give without counting the cost, to fight without fretting at my wounds, to labor without seeking rest, to spend myself without looking for any reward other than that of knowing that I do Thy holy will. […]
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Make us worthy, Lord, to serve our fellow-men throughout the world who live and die in poverty and hunger. Give them through our hands, this day their daily bread, and by our understanding love, give peace and joy.
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God’s Plan Almighty God, father God, God of great mercy. I love and am grateful I can come before you knowing you eaccept me as your child whom you love. Thank you so much dear Jesus that you are with me where ever I go. Like a child in his mother’s arms I come to […]
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