The sun has set and the Vesper Lights flicker and glow
I am in a reflective mood tonight, Lord
So much going through my heart and soul
You speak to me in the breeze
You speak to me in the silence
You speak to me in amazing music
You speak to me in the depths of my being
As I remember a dear friend and brother
As I hold his family in my heart
Sharing words that are so dear to them
Sharing words that were so dear to him from TS Eliot
With the drawing of this Love and the voice of this Calling
We shall not cease from exploration
And the end of all our exploring
Will be to arrive where we started
And know the place for the first time.
Through the unknown, unremembered gate
When the last of earth left to discover
Is that which was the beginning… T S Eliot
You call us to love
You call us to serve
You call us to serve selflessly
You call us to Be
To Be your Children
To Be Still and Know
Lord, as I remember my brother
Lord, as I remember his family
I ask your grace-filled presence
May we lean on each other
May we lean on you
Lord, 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
Thank you Lord, for counselors and friends
Thank you Lord, for walking with us
You have called me to serve
Often in difficult circumstances
Yet you have sent companions on the journey
Be with and bless my dear partner in life and ministry
Bless the time she has with her father
Bless my own father in his difficult journey
Bless two dear friends as they travel and honor their Dad
Lord, for all of these gifts and opportunities I thank you
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…
In The Gift of Wonder, I talk about how kids are constantly questioning. They nag at us until they get an answer, sometimes lots of answers. Often I feel that the question is more important than the answer. What they are needing is a listening ear and the permission to stretch their enquiring minds beyond the boundaries that have been set for them. Sometimes I thing that we as adults need the same kind of permission. We should be constantly asking questions, pushing towards new horizons of insight and of understanding.
— Read on godspacelight.com/2019/08/01/a-questioning-time/
The sun has set and the Vesper Lights flicker and glow
On this feast day of Saint Ignatius of Loyola
I give you thanks, O Lord
For the wisdom of your Saints
For Ignatius
For Thomas Merton
For Francis of Assisi
For all of your children whom you have called
Lord, help us to be prophets
Speaking out against injustice
Speaking out against hatred
Speaking out against all that divides
As we seek to serve you, Lord
Make us instruments of your peace
Make us instruments of your justice
Make us instruments of your grace
Make us instruments of your mercy
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…
I have just subscribed to the weekly talks by Thomas Merton from his Hermitage at the Abbey of Gethsemane… listening to the initial podcast. To hear his voice (I have been reading him for a number of years) is a blessing. He reminds me of Howard Thurman and his deliberate speaking style. I also hear his humor and passion. To have been able to sit with this fascinating Brother and Contemplative would be a blessing indeed.
Thomas Merton speaks to me of Peacemaking and speaking out for the least of these as prophets. In this day and age, we need to hear and be those voices!
Lord, help us to speak out for the voiceless and powerless.
When I pray for peace, I pray not only that the enemies of my own country may cease to want war, but above all that my country will cease to do the things that make war inevitable.
May God hear our prayer…
“Lughnasa (pronounced Loo-nassah) is one of the ancient Celtic feasts celebrated on August 1st marking the time of the beginning of the harvest and the gathering in. It is said to honour the Celtic sun-god Lugh who was an ally to the farmer in the struggle for food.”
— Christine Valters Paintner, PhD, Sacred Seasons: A Yearlong Journey through the Celtic Wheel of the Year – A Self-Study Online Retreat
What fruits in your life are ripe and ready for harvesting now? What are the energies you yearn to gather inwards as we move to celebrate this ancient Celtic feast of Lughnasa?
We are in the time of the dark moon now, as the moon passes through the final shedding of its light, and becomes “empty.” For the next two days it’s a very good time to make prayers for newness, and your newness begins with cleansing old embedded patterns – with shedding…
read more on http://www.drummingthesoulawake.com/blog/a-dark-moon-prayer-for-release
I am getting ready for a busy travel season. On Friday Tom and I head to Canada for a week. In September I go to Cinncinati, October to Chicago and November we will be in Australia. One of the things I find is that moving around as much as this can leave me feeling disconnected from God and spiritually dry so I always like to put together a travel kit to help me focus and enrich myself during my journeys…
— Read on godspacelight.com/2019/07/31/a-spiritual-travel-kit/
The sun has set and the Vesper Lights flicker and glow
When you don’t know what to say
When the words for prayer fail
When you feel a bit overwhelmed
It is then that the Spirit intercedes
Thank you Lord, for hearing our heart
Thank you for your constant presence
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…
A few days ago a good friend encouraged me to revisit John O’Donahue’s book To Bless the Space Between Us. It is one of my favourite books so it wasn’t hard to pull it out again. Only this time she suggested that I start with the last section To Retrieve the Lost Art of Blessing because as she reminded me, we have lost the art of blessing, not just as a perfunctory grace before a meal but the art of blessing every aspect of the day and of what we do.
— Read on godspacelight.com/2019/07/30/a-path-of-wonder/
