The sun has set and the Vesper Lights flicker and glow
It has been a long day, Lord
A time of reflection and raw emotions
Saying farewell yesterday to a dear friend
Walking once more through the Valley of the Shadows
Traveling today once more
We visited Denise’s Dad in rehab today
It was so good to be with him
As we walk with him through the difficulty of recovering from a major stroke
As we continue to walk with my Dad through rehab and his own struggles
This sweet puppy at the top of the blog continues to share love and joy with us
It is the end of a long day, Lord
And as my eyelids grow heavy
I lift this humble prayer to you
Dona Nobis Pacem
Grant Us Peace
A wee prayer from the heart of your Padre…
The sun has set and the Vesper Lights flicker and glow
It has been a long and emotional day
Saying goodbye to one we love
Afterwards a wonderful evening with dear friends who are family
Praying for our Dads as their health concerns continue
Exhausted, we lift this humble prayer to you
Dona Nobis Pacem
Grant Us Peace
A wee prayer from the heart of your Padre…-
A powerful reflection on prayer and grief that spoke to my heart…
How do I begin writing about prayer when I have not felt like praying?
It’s not that I’m angry at God. It’s not that I’m indifferent to prayer. But sometimes there’s a heaviness to suffering that only silence can hold.
— Read on www.franciscanmedia.org/franciscan-spirit-blog/praying-without-words
“Conflict can be positive or negative, constructive or destructive, depending on what we make of it. Certainly it is rarely static—it can change at any time. We can sometimes alter its course simply by viewing it differently. We can even turn our fights into fun. Transforming conflict this way is an art, though, requiring special skills. The most important learning is not to avoid it.”—Helena Cornelius and Shoshana Faire
The sun has set and the Vesper Lights flicker and glow
When you don’t know what to say
When you don’t know what to pray
When the darkness in the Valley of the Shadows overwhelms
It is then that the Spirit intercedes for us
Lord, speak in the silence of my heart
Speak for your servant is trying to listen
From Compline I lift this prayer
Keep watch, dear Lord, with those who work, or watch, or weep this night, and give your angels charge over those who sleep. Tend the sick, Lord Christ; give rest to the weary, bless the dying, soothe the suffering, pity the afflicted, shield the joyous; and all for your love’s sake. Amen.
Now as my eyelids grow heavy
I lift this humble prayer to you
Dona Nobis Pacem
Grant Us Peace
A wee prayer from the heart of your Padre…
Challenging and well thought out words from my friend, Ronnie… Thank you, brother, for sharing them!
“Let this mind be in you, which was also in Christ Jesus.” So begins a familiar admonition by the Apostle Paul. Familiar, that is, to most church-…
Masks and Mindsets
“We are not capable of union with one another on the deepest level until the inner self in each one of us is sufficiently awakened to confront the innermost spirit of the other.”—Thomas Merton (The Inner Experience)
Verse of the day
Now the whole group of those who believed were of one heart and soul, and no one claimed private ownership of any possessions, but everything they owned was held in common.
– Acts 4:32
Voice of the day
We are called to grow together in unity over time.
– Amanda Idleman
Prayer of the day May all be welcomed here, / friend and stranger, from near and far. / May each be blessed and honored as they enter.
– Common Prayer: A Liturgy For Ordinary Radicals
The sun has set and the Vesper Lights flicker and glow
After a long day of driving
We are safely ensconced at our dear friends home
Yes, so many miles have been travelled
Yet there are so many more miles to go before we are at home
Exhausted and yet relaxed as we approach the week’s unfolding
May You be with us Lord, as we walk with you through the Valley of the Shadows
Now as my eyelids grow heavy
I lift this humble prayer to you
Dona Nobis Pacem
Grant Us Peace
A wee prayer from the heart of your Padre…
“Hope is not about what we expect. It is an embrace of the essential unknowability of the world, of the breaks with the present, the surprises . . . to expect miracles—not when and where we expect them, but to expect to be astonished, to expect that we don’t know. And this is grounds to act.”—Rebecca Solnit, Hope in the Dark
