Lent Prayer 26 – March 30

Posted on March 30, 2014 by landl30

Lent Prayer 26

the air freshens like
your breath into
creation

over the waters
and into our
clay

life springing forth
with joy and
abandon

blessed be the
name of the
Lord today
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Lent Prayer 25 – March 29

Posted on March 29, 2014 by landl30

Lent Prayer 25

have I spoken your name
enough

have I opened to speak
aloud

what my heart believes

Jesus.
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Lent Prayer 24 – March 28

Posted on March 28, 2014 by landl30

Lent Prayer 24

frustrations at others not
coming through in the
ways we want
build barriers between us

making way for the limits
of others raises the
conundrum of
encourage vs. settle

may I have the wisdom
to know the one
from the other
and allow for your grace.
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Lent Prayer 23 – March 27

Posted on March 27, 2014 by landl30

Lent Prayer 23

let me rest in you
let me pause in you
let me see the day
through your eyes

and find peace.
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Lent Prayer 22 – March 26

Posted on March 27, 2014 by landl30

Lent Prayer 22

taking a piece of the
truth as the whole
leads our hearts
astray

forgetting all the grace
that comes our way
as if only one part
mattered

help us to see your
hand beyond the
narrow focus of
our plans.
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Lent Prayer 21 – March 25

Posted on March 26, 2014 by landl30

Lent Prayer 21

so many die too soon
too soon, yet nothing
went wrong

the mortality rate is
still one-hundred
percent

Lord have mercy.
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Lent Prayer 20 – March 24

Posted on March 24, 2014 by landl30

Lent Prayer 20

suffering builds endurance,
which builds character,
which builds
hope

at least that is the hope
and not just that we
will suffer
alone

without meaning.

your son is the living
voice of that hope
in his suffering
alone

that has turned to be
hope for so many,
the touch of
your hand

to take the worst the
world can dish out
and transform
for good.

may it be so.
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Lent Prayer 19 – March 23

Posted on March 23, 2014 by landl30

Lent Prayer 19

deceits are all around us

closer than we know

or suspect.

 

harder to be let down

by those we thought

trustworthy

 

faithful, part of the

community of

the name.

 

where the angels are

there demons will

be also

 

may we be innocent

as doves and wise

as serpents

 

as you advised us

so long

ago.

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Lent Prayer 18 – March 22

Posted on March 22, 2014 by landl30

Lent Prayer 18

for lovers and partners

who bring smiles

to our faces

just because

 

for a world that sings

of wonder and grace

just walking

through

 

for pleasures and pains

that speak the intricate

magic of all creation

so direct

 

for my life and those

of all who have

been your

vehicles.

 

thank You.

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Lent Prayer 17 – March 21

Posted on March 21, 2014 by landl30

Lent Prayer 17

misunderstandings test

us. can we say I’m sorry

or do we have to stand

and fall with our

perceptions.

 

help me Lord to stand

for what I believe, yet

to know that I may

not  possess all

truth.

 

Aquinas after pages of

describing You, had

the blessed humility

to end his words

‘but not that’

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