GRATITUDE - Loving God, like Elizabeth in today’s Gospel we pause in gratitude for the many visits that Mary has made to our lives. We give thanks for those visits as they were made present by our own mothers. With the gift of life, our mothers carried us in their wombs and gave us life. Like Mary Read More...
KNOW SERVE PRAISE - O Emmanuel, king and lawgiver, desire of the nations, Savior of all people, come, and set us free. Come because to know you is life. To serve you is freedom. To praise you is our soul's joy and delight. Guide us with the power of your grace here and in all places. Today and at Read More...
ADVENT SUNDAY PRAYER - O God of Christmas wonder, grace us with the humble caring strength and gentle wisdom of St. Joseph. May we too listen to the dreams of our hearts which you place there to guide us on this journey of life. Amen!
WE SAY YES - O Key of David, O royal Power of Israel, come, and in the spirit of your handmaid, our mother Mary, we pray - Behold your servants, O God – May what you ask of us be lived out by us according to your word, your invitation, your will. Today God, we say “yes” to you! Amen. (Adapted from Mary’s Prayer to the angel Gabriel)
INTEGRITY OF FAITH - Loving God, graciously reveal your love to the world today. May we embrace with integrity of faith the gift of your life and help make the impossible, possible. Help us and our world to find peace. Help us and our world to value all life. Help us and our world to find your Read More...
SACRED - O sacred Lord of ancient Israel, come, fill our hearts with the light of your Holy Spirit so that we might not be afraid of your word, your invitation to live. Give us the humility to hold fast to your will and thus allow Christ to be born with in us today and every day. For we believe nothing is impossible for You our loving God! Amen!
WORD MADE FLESH - God, creator and redeemer of humankind, you decreed, and your Word became flesh, born of the Virgin Mary. May we come to share the divinity of Christ, who humbled himself to share in our human nature, for he lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit one God forever and ever. Read More...
SEASON OF GRACE - Loving God, creator of all the times and seasons of our lives. Grace us with a faith this day that is grounded in the wisdom characters of our lives who have made it possible for us to be the women and men we are today. Gift us with the wisdom to remember the stories of our life Read More...
