Palm Sunday

 

Palm Sunday always feels like a special day. It is always something precious to me to recrive a Palm cross. It begins the week of Holy week, where we head toward to Crucifixion and a seeming absence of light, till the incredible resurrection on Easter Sunday. 

What an important week to bathe ourselves and all that we love and hold dear, in prayer. 

Let us contemplate true healing of life. 

Let us understand the healing of Christ’s sacrifice and ultimate return. 

There is so much to ponder and to contemplate. 

Let us ask for the gifts of discernment and wisdom that we might know whst it means to be truly Christian. 

Let us understand unconditional love, rather than conditional love that has strings attached. 

Let our prayers be faithful and true. Let our hearts snd prsyer bless the world. 

Amen.

Light

I  pray to the Lord and hold all things to the Light of Christ; 

all fears; 

all doubts; 

all worries; 

all hurts; 

I hold them up for blessing and restoration. 

This is one off my prayers featured on this months Grace Charity for ME prayer page. I give thanks for the gift of prayer. May each prayer go out powerfully to bless the world snd everyone in it.

Amen. 

 from ‘May We All Be Blessed’.

Lent

 

Lent seems often to be a time of struggles as winter passes and Spring becomes. Let us bless everything we see in order to help us feel the light that flows through blessing, bringing upliftment and hope.

I bless the sunshine

I bless the trees

I bless the birds making nests

I bless the bees

I bless everyone in the world

And I bless me.

For blessing and restoration

 

I pray to the Lord and hold all things to the Light of Christ; 

all fears; 

all doubts; 

all worries; 

all hurts; 

I hold them up for blessing and restoration. 

Amen. 

Mercy

Let Mercy fill me,

Let Mercy bless me,

Let Mercy cover me,

Let Mercy renew me,

Let Mercy strengthen me, 

Let Mercy heal me,

Let Mercy save me,

Let Mercy empower me, 

Let Mercy sing in me, 

Let Mercy live in me,

Let Mercy shine in me, 

Let Mercy grow in me, 

Let Mercy enlighten me, 

Let Mercy uplift me. Amen.

Spirit prayer

Prayer of the Spirit

I call upon the Lord,

My God, my God,

You are my God,

Come save and rescue me

In you I trust

It is you I trust

Peace is here

Your Peace is here

All is well

Let all be well

Peace is mine

Your Peace is mine

I call upon the Lord

The Lord is with me now.

Amen!

Sea of Peace

 

Truly there is a sea of peace which flows from the sanctuary of God’s Heart, ever present, ever flowing, ever comforting, yet still.

 

It calms me. I float upon it. I bathe in it. It renews and strengthens me. It brings me joy and beauty beyond words. It is the Word of God in all His fullness entering into me and carrying me onwards yet bathing me in silent stillness that embraces me and blesses every moment of my being.

 

Yet how hard it is to find this. I am battered right now. Paralysis has left me dull, exhausted, incapable. God’s light is goden, His peace is perfect, yet I lie somewhere else in my awareness. He is within me. This I know, yet it is hard to feel the  goodness of His presence amongst the neurological destruction of this illness.

 

At times like these then , I must look to Trust and hold on tight lest I be battered too much and fall into despair and there remain.

 

I trust in the Lord. He holds me together, even when I know it not nor feel it not. I trust in the Lord. He brings me safe passage through every nightmare sensation my body can experience. I trust in the Lord, in the fullness of His promise : “I am with you to the end of time”.