Ash Wednesday Prayer

A Prayer for Friendship

A Prayer for Friendship

Help me, O God, to be 
A good and true friend.

To be always loyal, and 
Never to let my friends down;

Never to talk about them behind 
Their backs in a way in which I 
Would not do before their faces;

Never to betray a confidence or 
Talk about the things about which 
I ought to be silent;

Always to be ready to share 
Everything I have;

To be as true to my friends 
As I would wish them to be to me.

This I ask for the sake of 
You who are the greatest and the truest of all friends, 
For your love’s sake,

Amen. 

(Taken from Turn Back To God)

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The Beatitudes

The Beatitudes

Blessed are the poor in spirit, 
for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.

Blessed are they who mourn,
for they shall be comforted.

Blessed are the meek,
for they shall inherit the earth.

Blessed are they who hunger and thirst for righteousness,
for they shall be satisfied.

Blessed are the merciful,
for they shall obtain mercy.

Blessed are the pure of heart,
for they shall see God.

Blessed are the peacemakers,
for they shall be called children of God.

Blessed are they who are persecuted for the sake of righteousness,
for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.
Amen.
(Taken from the Gospel of Matthew 5:3-10)

Prayer for the New Year

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(Taken from the CEVN prayer of the week website.)

Spirit of God

Spirit of God 

Spirit of God,
you are the breath of creation,
the wind of change
that blows through our lives,
opening us up to new dreams and new hopes,
new life in Jesus Christ.

Forgive us our closed minds
which barricade themselves
against new ideas,
preferring the past
to what you might want to do through us tomorrow.

Forgive our closed eyes
which fail to see the needs of your world,
blind to opportunities of service and love.

Forgive our closed hands
which clutch our gifts and our wealth
for our own use alone.

Forgive us our closed hearts
which limit our affections to ourselves
and our own.

Spirit of new life,
forgive us and break down
the prison walls of our selfishness,
that we might be open to your love
and open for the service of your world,
through Jesus Christ our Lord.
Amen.

(Taken from Education for Justice)

A True Story

One day a son asks his father: "Daddy, will you run the marathon with me?" 
The father answers yes and both run their first marathon together. 
One day, the son asks his father if he wants to run the marathon with him again and the father answers yes. 
They both run the marathon together again. 
Then one day the son asks his father: "Daddy, will you run the Ironman with me?" 
The Ironman is the toughest. It requires a 4km swim, 180km biking and 42km 
running. 
The father says yes again. 
This all sounds easy...but check this video.