Prayers of the People

July 25, 2010

 

When you hear the words, "God open our five senses and our heart to all things around us...", please respond with "hear our prayers."

           A Franciscan Blessing
May God bless you with discomfort at easy answers, half truths and superficial relationships, so that you may live deep within your heart.
May God bless you with anger at injustice, oppression, and exploitation of people, so that you may work for justice, freedom and peace.
May God bless you with tears to shed for those who suffer from pain, rejection, starvation and war, so that you may reach out your hand to comfort them, and so turn their pain into joy.
And may God bless you with enough foolishness to believe that you can make a difference in this world, so that you can do what others claim cannot be done.

God open our five senses and our heart to all things around us, and hear our prayers...    "hear our prayers."

When we come to the edge of all the light we have
And we must take a step into the darkness of the unknown
We must believe one of two things:
Either we will find something firm to stand on
Or we will be taught how to fly.
            Author unknown.

You were born with goodness and trust
You were born with ideals and dreams
You were born with greatness
You were born with wings
You are not meant for crawling, so don't
You have wings
Learn to use them and fly!
            By Rumi.

Angels can fly because they take themselves lightly.
            Author unknown.

God open our five senses and our heart to all things around us, and hear our prayers...    "hear our prayers."

Blessed are you when you care for others
with a heart that feels
with a heart that hurts
with a heart that loves
And blessed are you
If you can care for other
with a heart that serves
and a heart that sees the need before it's spoken.
It is to be full of the willingness
of forever reaching out to
and picking up and holding carefully those who hurt.
            By Kahlil Gibran

God open our five senses and our heart to all things around us, and hear our prayers...    "hear our prayers."

and so we pray for:
Our brothers & sisters at Nyanyadzi Methodist Church in Zimbabwe, Peacemakers and peacekeepers serving throughout the world, and those named on our Prayer List, our Re-imagining Team, our Making Connections partners: Rapid City &area Pastoral Charge and Riverport Pastoral Charge and also for Kootenay Presbytery Prayer Roster: Liz Bowyer: Minister at Communities in Faith Pastoral Charge, Rossland, Trail, Beaver Valley and Salmo. In the World Council of Churches Prayer Cycle: Belize, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico.

God open our five senses and our heart to all things around us, and hear our prayers...    "hear our prayers."

And the people say...   "Amen."