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Lent Prayer 39 – April 12

Lent Prayer 39 purity of heart, said Kierkegaard, is to will one thing   but I do not, and the tear rends me with confusion.   quiet my heart O Lord   that I may see your path forward and … Continue reading

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Lent Prayer 38 -April 11

Lent Prayer 38 in the last days we seem to cry about things that have not gone well in our lives   as if we were supposed to be immune from the gifts you gave us of mortality and limits … Continue reading

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Lent Prayer 37 – April 10

Lent Prayer 37 connections opened when we first stopped hiding first stopped running from the truth that we are not   the center.   and opened conversation with you, the Other, who led us to an other, thru whom we … Continue reading

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Lent Prayer 36 – April 9

Lent Prayer 36 brothers and sisters saints wait   for the unveiling of new eyes   that see what they see   new worlds possible with grace.   lord I want to be in that number   when the saints … Continue reading

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Lent Prayer 35 – April 8

Lent Prayer 35 in the garden a knowledge was sought   that we could not deal with   of good and evil not as measures   but from the inside.   that dark knowing breaks us still.   deliver us … Continue reading

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Lent Prayer 34 – April 7

Lent Prayer 34 quiet. night. silence moving about while our minds weave in and out, dreaming our ways into tastes of something we cannot express.   you come to us in dreams.   of wheat stalks, of angels and ladders … Continue reading

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Lent Prayer 33 – April 6

Lent Prayer 33 how’m I doin’ the mayor said   am I living up to what you had in mind   am I letting down the side   or surprising you with my wit   how’m I doin’ I ask … Continue reading

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Lent Prayer 32 – April 5

Lent Prayer 32 give me a heart to see your hand   in faces and places smiles and cries   in anguish and anger   hope and help   the fact of your presence   amidst us all. ———————

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Lent Prayer 31 – April 4

Lent Prayer 31 storms come back around, like life crashes   we thought were over but weren’t.   protect us Lord from despair, defeat, from going under   when we are most vulnerable at the end of   frayed hopes. … Continue reading

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Lent Prayer 30 – April 3

Lent Prayer 30 You give us tasks that push and pull us beyond our depths and yet to our deepest desires.   thank you for the gifts that we do not call for yet appreciate when they have arrived. —————–

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