10.14.08
Station 2
Lord Jesus, at my baptism I promised to be your soldier. How quickly have I turned away from following you: Help me to repent and make fresh start and like you, to face all difficulites with courage and faith.
Eternal Father, Your Son our Saviour Jesus Christ fufilled your will by taking our nature
and giving his life for us. Help us to follow his example of humility and self-sacrifice by
walking in the way of the Cross; Through Jesus Christ our Lord.
Amen
Holy God
Holy and strong
Holy and immortal
Have mercy on us all
10.13.08
Christ is Supreme
Christ is the visible image of the invisible God.
He existed before anything was created
and is supreme over all creation,
For through him God created everything
in the heavenly realms and on earth.
He made the things we can see
and the things we can’t see— such as thrones, kingdoms, rulers, and authorities in the unseen world.
Everything was created through him and for him.
He existed before anything else,
and he holds all creation together.
Christ is also the head of the church,
which is his body.
He is the beginning,
supreme over all who rise from the dead.
So he is first in everything.
For God in all his fullness
was pleased to live in Christ,
and through him God reconciled
everything to himself.
He made peace with everything in heaven and on earth
by means of Christ’s blood on the cross.
Colossians 1:15-20 (NLT), one of the earliest hymns of the Christian Church
10.10.08
Celtic Morning Prayer Canticle
Christ, as a light
illumine and guide me.
Christ, as a shield
overshadow me.
Christ under me;
Christ over me;
Christ beside me
on my left and my right.
This day be within and without me,
lowly and meek, yet all-powerful.
Be in the heart of each to whom I speak;
in the mouth of each who speaks unto me.
This day be within and without me,
lowly and meek, yet all-powerful.
Christ as a light;
Christ as a shield;
Christ beside me
on my left and my right.
Taken from Northumbria Community Morning Prayer (St. Patrick’s Breastplate)
http://www.northumbriacommunity.org/PraytheOffice/morningprayer.html
10.08.08
Look Upon Us
Look upon us, O Lord,
and let all the darkness of our souls
vanish before the beams of thy brightness.
Fill us with holy love,
and open to us the treasures of thy wisdom.
All our desire is known unto thee,
therefore perfect what thou hast begun,
and what thy Spirit has awakened us to ask in prayer.
We seek thy face,
turn thy face unto us and show us thy glory.
Then shall our longing be satisfied,
and our peace shall be perfect.
(Augustine, 354 – 430)
10.07.08
Station 1
Lord Jesus, I thank you for the cruel pains and insults you have borne for me; and for the many blessings you have won for me. Most merciful Redeemeer, Friend and Brother, may I know you more clearly, love you more dearly and follow you more nearly.
Almighty Father, your Son came to us in humility as our Saviour and at the last day he will come again in glory as our judge: give us grace to turn away from darkness to the light of Christ, that we may be ready to welcome him and to enter into his kingdom;
Where he lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit. One God, for ever and ever,
Amen.
Holy God,
Holy and strong,
Holy and immortal,
Have mercy on us all.
10.06.08
Benediction from St. Francis of Assisi
Now, wherever we are,
and in every place,
and at every hour,
throughout each time of each day,
may all of us honestly and humbly believe,
holding in our hearts
to love, honor,
adore, serve,
praise, bless,
glorify, exalt,
magnify, and give thanks
to the Most High and Eternal God,
Trinity and Unity.
Amen.
- St. Francis of Assisi
as taken from The St. Francis Prayer Book: A Guide to Deepen your Spiritual Life
10.03.08
Paul’s Prayer for the Ephesians
For this reason I kneel before the Father, from whom every family in heaven and on earth derives its name. I pray that out of his glorious riches he may strengthen you with power through his Spirit in your inner being, so that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith. And I pray that you, being rooted and established in love, may have power, together with all the Lord’s people, to grasp how wide and long and high and deep is the love of Christ, and to know this love that surpasses knowledge—that you may be filled to the measure of all the fullness of God. Now to him who is able to do immeasurably more than all we ask or imagine, according to his power that is at work within us, to him be glory in the church and in Christ Jesus throughout all generations, for ever and ever! Amen.
Ephesians 3:14-21(TNIV)
10.02.08
A Prayer from Thomas Merton
My Lord God, I have no idea where I am going.
I do not see the road ahead of me.
I cannot know for certain where it will end.
Nor do I really know myself,
and the fact that I think I am following your will
does not mean I am actually doing so.
But I believe that the desire to please you does actually please you.
And I hope I have that desire in all that I am doing.
I hope that I never do anything apart from this desire.
And I know that if I do this, you will lead me by the right road,
though I may not know anything about it.
Therefore, I will trust you always,
even though I may seem to be lost and in the shadow of death.
I will not fear, for you are always with me,
and you will never leave me to face my perils alone.
–Thomas Merton
10.01.08
The Canticle of Brother Sun
All praise be yours, my Lord, through all that you have made,
And first my lord Brother Sun,
Who brings the day; and light you give to us through him.
How beautiful he is, how radiant in all his splendor!
Of you, Most High, he bears the likeness.
All praise be yours, my Lord, through Sister Moon and Stars;
In the heavens you have made them, bright
And precious and fair.
All praise be yours, my Lord, through Sister Water,
So useful, lowly, precious, and pure.
All praise be yours, my Lord, through Brother Fire,
Through whom you brighten up the night.
How beautiful he is, how gay! Full of power and strength.
All praise be yours, my Lord, through Sister Earth, our mother,
Who feeds us in her sovereignty and produces
Various fruits and colored flowers and herbs.
All praise be yours, my Lord, through Sister Death,
From whose embrace no mortal can escape.
Woe to those who die in mortal sin!
Happy those she finds doing your will.
The second death can do no harm to them.
Praise and bless my Lord, and give him thanks,
And serve him with great humility.
- St. Francis of Assisi
