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Do Good Anyway

March 15, 2017 by metzgerl

Today’s reflection was  written on the wall of the children’s home Mother Teresa (1910-1997) operated in Calcutta.

People are often unreasonable, irrational, and self-centered.
Forgive them anyway.
If you are kind, people may accuse you of selfish, ulterior motives.
Be kind anyway.
If you are successful, you will win some unfaithful friends and some genuine enemies.
Succeed anyway.
If you are honest and sincere, people may deceive you.
Be honest and sincere anyway.
What you spend years creating, others could destroy overnight.
Create anyway.
If you find serenity and happiness, some may be jealous.
Be happy anyway.
The good you do today will often be forgotten.
Do good anyway.
Give the best you have and it will never be enough.
Give your best anyway.
In the final analysis, it is between you and God.
It was never between you and them anyway.

15 MAR 2017 Ephesians 2-10

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Trust in Christ

March 14, 2017 by metzgerl

Today’s prayer is from Brendan the Voyager (AD 484-577), an Irish monk. Reputedly he set sail in a small coracle of wood and oxhide from Ireland and ended up in Newfoundland. An amazing achievement in his time.

Help me to journey beyond the familiar

and into the unknown.

Give me the faith to leave old ways

and break fresh ground with You.

 

Christ of the mysteries, I trust You

to be stronger than each storm within me.

I will trust in the darkness and know

that my times, even now, are in Your hand.

Tune my spirit to the music of heaven,

and somehow, make my obedience count for You.

14 MAR 2017 Philippians 4-13

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Do Not Forget Me

March 13, 2017 by metzgerl

Today’s prayer is from Jacob Astley, first Baron Astley of Reading (1579-1652), who was a Royalist commander in the English Civil War. His battle prayer was written just before the Battle of Edgehill in 1642.

 

O Lord,

you know how busy I must be this day.

If I forget you,

do not forget me.

13 MAR 2017 Psalm 121 7-8

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Inexpressible Gift

March 12, 2017 by metzgerl

The Syro-Malabar Church traces its origin to Thomas the Apostle, who, according to tradition, came to the Malabar coast of southern India (Kerala state today), landed at Cranganore about 52 A.D., and founded seven Christian communities. The early Christians of southern India became known as St. Thomas Christians, and this name persists today. This prayer is from the 5th century liturgy of the church.

Grant, O Lord Jesus,

that the ears which have heard the voice of your songs may be closed to the voice of dispute;

that the eyes which have seen your great love may also behold your blessed hope;

that the tongues which have sung your praise may speak the truth in love;

that the feet which have walked in your courts may walk in the region of light;

and that the bodies which have received your living body may be restored in newness of life.

Glory to you for your inexpressible gift.   Amen.

12 MAR 2017 2 COR 9 15

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Grant Me, O Lord

March 11, 2017 by metzgerl

 

Today’s prayer is by Thomas Aquinas (1224-1274), who was a Dominican friar and influential philosopher and theologian in the church.

Grant me, O Lord  my God,
a mind to know you,
a heart to seek you,
wisdom to find you,
conduct pleasing to you,
faithful perseverance in waiting for you,
and a hope  of finally embracing you.  Amen.

11 MAR 2017 1 CHRON 16-11

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Make Me a Tree

March 10, 2017 by metzgerl

Today’s prayer is by John Birch, from the United Kingdom, who has written several books of prayers and studies Celtic prayer.

Make me a tree, Lord
Sturdy
Deep rooted
Useful.
Support
To those in need,
Shelter
To those who are weary,
Fruit
For those who hunger.
Make me a tree, Lord
Sturdy
Deep rooted
Useful.

10 MAR 2017 ROM 11-16

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Teach Me

March 9, 2017 by metzgerl

Today’s prayer is by Anselm of Canterbury (1033-1109), a Benedictine monk, abbot, philosopher and Christian theologian. He served as the archbishop of Canterbury from 1093-1109.

O Lord my God.

Teach my heart this day

where and how to find you.

 

You have made me and re-made me,

and you have bestowed on me

all the good things I possess,

and still I do not know you.

I have not yet done

that for which I was made.

 

Teach me to seek you,

for I cannot seek you

unless you teach me,

or find you

unless you show yourself to me.

 

Let me seek you in my desire;

let me desire you in my seeking.

Let me find you by loving you;

let me love you when I find you.

9 MAR 2017 MATTHEW 7-7

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World Peace

March 8, 2017 by metzgerl

Today’s prayer for peace among nations was written by William Temple (1881-1944), a bishop in the Church of England and Archbishop of Canterbury.
O Almighty God,
the Father of all humanity,
turn, we pray, the hearts of all peoples and their rulers,
that by the power of your Holy Spirit
peace may be established among the nations
on the foundation of justice, righteousness and truth;
through him who was lifted up on the cross
to draw all people to himself,
your Son Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen

8 MAR 2017 2 TIM 2-22

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Disturb Us

March 7, 2017 by metzgerl

Today’s prayer was written by Sir Francis Drake (1540-1596), an English sea captain and the second sailor to circumnavigate the globe.

Disturb us, Lord, when
We are too pleased with ourselves,
When our dreams have come true
Because we dreamed too little,
When we arrived safely
Because we sailed too close to the shore.

Disturb us, Lord, when
With the abundance of things we possess
We have lost our thirst
For the waters of life;
Having fallen in love with life,
We have ceased to dream of eternity
And in our efforts to build a new earth,
We have allowed our vision
Of the new Heaven to dim.

Disturb us, Lord, to dare more boldly,
To venture on wilder seas
Where storms will show Your mastery;
Where losing sight of land,
We shall find the stars.

We ask you to push back
The horizons of our hopes;
And to push back the future
In strength, courage, hope, and love.

This we ask in the name of our Captain,
Who is Jesus Christ.  Amen.

7 MAR 2017 2 COR 3-12

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I Stand and Listen

March 6, 2017 by metzgerl

Today’s meditation was written by Columba (AD 521-597), an Irish abbot and missionary who spread Christianity through Scotland. He founded the Abbey of Iona, which was a dominant religious and political institution in the region for centuries.

I stand and listen.

In the silence of my heart I can hear his will,

When I listen despairing people flock to me,

They expect that I can see the answers,

They ask my advice, they say I am wise.

I answer that nothing can deceive me,

If I stand alone and silently listen.

For I am but a servant who is guided by his king, when I listen.

Sometimes in a lowly cell in the presence of my God

I stand and listen.

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