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| painting by Mark Daniels |
Litany: Leader reads plain text, group responds with bold. The following is an excerpt from A Place Apart daily prayer cycle for Wednesday evening
Jesus
Emmanuel, God with us,
Keep us mindful that you are within all
Who come to our door.
We pray for the gift of hospitality.
We pray for a loving spirit,
For a teaching spirit.
May our life together be our primary teaching.
Help me to strive to be least among
My sisters and brothers,
To kneel at their feet with basin and towel,
As Christ washed the disciples feet,
And called us to do likewise.
Bless our humble cells,
Our dwelling places
For solitary retreat
For rest
For study
For prayer
For sleep.
As sister death comes to me
And I leave the earthly table,
My body returned to the clay
From which I was formed,
You, O ever living Christ
Welcome the essential
Eternal part of me
To your eternal table.
Holy God
Holy communion
Holy order
Holy hours
Holy days
Holy seasons
Bless my sisters
Bless my brothers
The rhythms of the day
The work of my hands
My study
My prayer
The stranger you send to my door
My wounds
The Lord’s Prayer
Holy God guide me
And those who are absent from me
Meditation
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Icon by:Rita Stynes Strow The Cosmic Christ
Prayer for others
Benediction
Now may the Lord lift up the light
of His countenance upon you,
and
give you peace,
in your going out and in your coming in;
in your sitting down
and your rising up;
in your work and in your play;
in your joy and in your
sorrow,
in your laughter and in your tears;
until that day comes
which is without
dawn and without dark. Amen.
- Thomas Graham
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