Lent & Cross, Need Or Trial, Pain

To Your Cross We Come – David Adam

To your cross, O Lord, we come for healing, For you alone can make us whole. We come with the broken-hearted and broken-spirited, For you alone can make us whole. We come with those with broken relationships, For you alone can make us whole. We come with the broken in body or in mind, For you alone can make us…

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Baptism

Traditional Baptism Prayer

Holy God, gracious Father:  We give you thanks, for in the beginning your Spirit moved over the waters and you created heaven and earth. By the gift of water you nourish and sustain us and all living things. By the waters of the flood you condemned the wicked and saved those whom you had chosen, Noah and his family. You…

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Longing, Mystics

In A Dry Land – Jane De Chantal

Help Lord, I am in dry land, all dried up and cracked by the violence of the wind and the cold. But I trust you. Send me both dew and warmth when it pleases you. Amen.   – St Jane De Chantal  1571-1641AD  (A reflection on Psalm 42).

Biblical, Longing

Who Else In Heaven?

To you, Lord, I will always stay near. You hold me by your right hand, You lead me by your counsel, and will draw me in the wake of your glory.   Who else do I have in heaven? With you, I desire nothing on earth. My heart and flesh may dissolve, but God is for ever my portion, my…

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Blessing, Children

Nan’s Blessing

A blessing from a grandparent to their grandchild… I’ll never understand the love that Lord Jesus has for you {name}. I’ll never understand how much He loves you. But this much I know: that He loves you, He loves you with all of His heart, and you are so precious to Him.   – From the London Anglican Diocese.  www.london.anglican.org

Mealtime & Table Grace

Make Us Worthy – Mother Teresa

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. – Mother Teresa 1910-1997AD