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Prayer of the Day

Tue, 02 Nov 2010 11:48:00 GMT

One cannot be good simply by avoiding evil.
To be indifferent or apathetic
to the needs of one's neighbor,
to stand aloof from a world begging for help,
is already to be guilty.

Prayer of the Day

Fri, 19 Nov 2010 15:14:00 GMT

God, I feel so full of contradictions.
I'm squirming inside, hatching.
My mind is pecking holes in my childhood.
I am blank pages waiting to be written;
my own drama, act one;
no applause yet please.
I am cures not imagined
and failures I have already survived.
I wear team jerseys
and teem with possibilities only mine.
My genes hold the whole story of creation.
I am life unfolding.

Prayer of the Day

Sat, 20 Nov 2010 15:19:00 GMT

Dear God, be good to me;
The sea is so wide,
And my boat is so small.

Prayer of the Day

Sun, 21 Nov 2010 15:20:00 GMT

O God, whatever road I take,
joins the highway that leads to you.

Prayer of the Day

Mon, 22 Nov 2010 15:22:00 GMT

God be in my head and in my understanding;
God be in my eyes, and in my looking;
God be in my mouth, and in my speaking;
God be in my heart, and in my thinking;
God be at my end, and at my departing.

Prayer of an Irish Grandfather

Tue, 23 Nov 2010 15:36:00 GMT

O Mother of Mercy,
I place in the protection of your holy hands my going out, my coming in, my sleeping, my waking, the sight of my eyes, the touch of my hands, the speech from my lips, and the hearing of my ears, so that in everything I may be pleasing to you and your own beloved Son. Amen.

Prayer of the Day

Wed, 24 Nov 2010 15:41:00 GMT

Teach your children what we have taught our children, that the earth is our mother.
Whatever befalls the earth befalls the sons and daughters of the earth...
and with all your strength, with all your mind, with all your heart, preserve it for you children and love it.

Prayer of the Day

Fri, 26 Nov 2010 15:44:00 GMT

If you want to see the brave,
look for those who can forgive.
If you want to see the heroic,
look for those who can love
in return for hatred.

Prayer of the Day

Sat, 27 Nov 2010 15:45:00 GMT

Lord, today you make us known
to friends we did not know,
and you have given us seats
in homes which are not our own.
You have brought us near,
and made a brother of a stranger.
Forgive us, Lord...
we did not introduce you.

Advent Prayer

Thu, 23 Dec 2010 16:00:00 GMT

Dear God,
Please enlarge our
hearts to love each
other, to love
our neighbor, to love
our enemy as
well as our friend.