Prayers & Creeds

Be Thou My Breast-Plate

blync77 — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 03:00:27 +0000

Be Thou my breast-plate, my sword for the fight,

Be Thou my armour, and be Thou my might;

Thou my soul’s shelter, and Thou my high tower,

Raise Thou me heavenward, O Power of my Power.

Irish hymn, c. 8th century

Song of Songs 2:16

arthur — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 03:00:20 +0000

Pray this breath prayer as you think of/need it today. Silently pray the first line as you breathe in, pray the second line as you breathe out. May it shape you today!

I am my beloved’s,
and he is mine.

Amen.

Prayer of Quietness & Listening

davebayne — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 03:00:51 +0000

Calm Me into a Quietness

Now,
O Lord,
calm me into a quietness
that heals
and listens,
and molds my longings
and passions
my wounds
and wonderings
into a more holy
and human
shape.

Taken from Guerrillas of Grace by Ted Yoder

Be Thou My Wisdom

blync77 — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 03:00:08 +0000

Be Thou my Wisdom, and Thou my true Word

I ever with Thee and Thou with me, Lord;

Thou my great Father, I Thy true son

Thou in me dwelling, and I with Thee one.

Be Thou My Vision, 2nd stanza

~Irish hymn, c.8th century

Proverbs 4:23

arthur — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 03:00:05 +0000

Lord, help me guard my heart.
May this wellspring of life be pure, holy, and full of love,
protected from all that would keep me from you.

Amen.

Psalm 3

arthur — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 03:00:49 +0000

O LORD, how many are my foes!
How many rise up against me!

Many are saying of me,
“God will not deliver him.”
Selah

But you are a shield around me, O LORD;
you bestow glory on me and lift up my head.

To the LORD I cry aloud,
and he answers me from his holy hill.
Selah

I lie down and sleep;
I wake again, because the LORD sustains me.

I will not fear the tens of thousands
drawn up against me on every side.

Arise, O LORD!
Deliver me, O my God!
Strike all my enemies on the jaw;
break the teeth of the wicked.

From the LORD comes deliverance.
May your blessing be on your people.
Selah

A Prayer for the sick

arthur — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 05:04:22 +0000

You can pray this either for those you know who are sick or as a release of God’s blessing on all those who are sick around the world today (or both).

Holy Spirit,
bring healing to the sick today.
Pushing out all that ails their body,
Filling them instead with your presence.

Amen.

The Examen of Consciousness

davebayne — Sat, 31 Oct 2009 13:41:08 +0000

A Prayer to God

God, thank you.
I thank you, God, for always being with me, but
especially, I am grateful that you are with me
right now.

God, send your Holy Spirit upon me.
God, let the Holy Spirit enlighten my mind and
warm my heart that I may know where and
how we have been together this day.

God, let me look at my day.
God, where have a felt your presence, seen your face,
heard your word this day?
God , where have I ignored you, run from you,
perhaps even rejected you this day?

God, let me be grateful and ask forgiveness.
God, I thank you for the times this day we have been
together and worked together.
God, I am sorry for the ways I have offended you
by what I have done or what I did not do.

God, stay close.
God, I ask that you draw me ever closer to you this
day and tomorrow.
God, you are the God of my life – thank you.

This prayer was taken from What Is Ignatian Spirituality by David L. Fleming, SJ. (Loyola Press, 2008)

Be Thou My Vision

blync77 — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 03:00:41 +0000

Be Thou my Vision, O Lord of my heart

Nought be all else to me, save that Thou art;

Thou my best thought, by day or by night

Waking or sleeping, Thy presence my light.

Hear Me

arthur — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 03:00:37 +0000

1 I pray to you, O Lord, my rock.
Do not turn a deaf ear to me.
For if you are silent,
I might as well give up and die.

Lord, am I this desperate, this dependent on you?

(from Psalm 28:1)