Where are you Lord? Are you confined within holy walls, spoken of in reverent whispers, worshipped in purity of heart and voice? If that’s where you are Lord, there and there only, what of the rest of us, excluded, immersed in the mud of life? I cannot believe that walls can confine you, for I…
DetailsI arise today through strength in the sky: light of sun moon’s reflection dazzle of fire speed of lightning wild wind deep sea firm earth hard rock. I arise today With God’s strength to pilot me: God’s might to uphold me God’s wisdom to guide me God’s eye to look ahead for me God’s ear…
DetailsAs the darkened pool is stilled It reflects the blue sky above So may my quiet mind reflect O God, your glory and your love As the sea glows in the moonlight Light of lights, come and shine Let my life reveal your light Until I reflect the light divine As the earth reflects the…
DetailsGod is a Being, still and peaceful, dwelling in the still eternity. Therefore should your mind be as a still, clear mountain tarn, reflecting the glory of God as in a mirror where the image is unbroken and perfect. Avoid therefore all that would disturb and confuse and stir up your natural mind, from without…
DetailsThis bread is light, dissolving, almost air, A little visitation on my tongue, A wafer-thin sensation, hardly there. This taste of wine is brief in flavour, flung A moment to the palate’s roof and fled, Even its aftertaste a memory. Yet this is how He comes. Through wine and bread Love chooses to be emptied…
DetailsThe centuries have settled on this table Deepened the grain beneath a deep white cloth Which bears afresh our changing elements. Year after year of prayer, in hope and trouble, Were poured out here and blessed and broken, both In aching absence and in absent presence. This table too the earth herself has given And…
DetailsO God, send forth your Holy Spirit into my heart that I may perceive, into my mind that I may remember, and into my soul that I may meditate. Inspire me to speak with piety, holiness, tenderness and mercy. Teach, guide and direct my thoughts and senses from beginning to end. May your grace ever…
DetailsUnless the eye catch fire, The God will not be seen. Unless the ear catch fire, The God will not be heard. Unless the tongue catch fire, The God will not be named. Unless the heart catch fire, The God will not be loved. Unless the mind catch fire, The God will not be known.
Details“Stay here in the city until you have been clothed with power from on high”. And that is how it needs to be so often. Hard on the heels of momentous, often unwelcome events, those which absorb all our attention, there is a need for a time of waiting, waiting for the next stage of…
DetailsWe light a candle and enjoy the flickering light, the fragrance and warmth it creates. But without the spark that ignites, there will be no flame. Without the wax, the source of power, the wick will not burn. Without the flame, there will be no fragrance, no warmth, no light. And so with us, Lord.…
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