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This is a new day O Lord, may I be ready for what is before me.  Help me to look for ways to serve those around me.  Be with those who are struggling today and if I am given the chance to help those people may I act upon those opportunities.  If I am to simply listen, helpContinue reading “Prayer for February 18, 2021”

“I invite you, therefore, in the name of the Church, to the observance of a holy Lent, by self-examination and repentance; by prayer, fasting and self-denial; and by reading and meditating on God’s holy Word.” (Book of Common Prayer p.265) O Lord our God, help us as we begin this journey of Lent to findContinue reading “Prayer for February 17, 2021”

Shrove- (past tense of the word shrive)- to confess, be penitent and absolved Carnival- from the Latin Carne Levare meaning to “remove meat” which became Carne Vale “farewell to meat” Forgiving God, as we prepare for the beginning of Lent, help us to fully confess those things which have kept us from being who youContinue reading “Prayer for. February 16, 2021”

On this day in 1676, Isaac Newton was said to have written to Robert Hooke, “If I have seen further, it is by standing on the shoulders of Giants.” O Lord our God, we have benefitted from building upon the ideas and work of others.  Thank you for the foundation of knowledge and innovation they haveContinue reading “Prayer for February 15, 2021”

Loving God, this is a day we celebrate the idea of love.  Help us to truly live into the definition of that word.  May we be unconditional in how we love one another.  May we find new ways to express your love by our actions.  Help us to fight the scourge of hate that seems to want to overwhelmContinue reading “Prayer for February 14, 2021”

Cleansing God, so much of our country is covered with rain and snow. Looking out the window and seeing the effects of the precipitation and what the sound of rain and solitude of snow falling gives us, may we use this time for introspection.  May we think about how we are living our lives and makeContinue reading “Prayer for February 13, 2021”

Be with us this day O Lord as we continue to live in challenging times.  We are all tired.  Tired of the Pandemic and all it is requiring us to do to keep each other safe, tired of the tension that exists in our country and simply the normal kind of tired that happens at the endContinue reading “Prayer for February 12, 2021”

May this day O Lord be filled with your spirit.  May it guide me to share your love with those around me. May I be quick to respond to need and slow to anger.  May I find ways to support people in my words and actions.  May I be open to new ways to see the world andContinue reading “Prayer for February 10. 2021”

Loving God, help us to find ways to care for each other today.  Give us the words we need to express our love for those we meet and help us to find the joy that comes from serving others without expectation of something in return.  May we find ways to move beyond the petty issues of theContinue reading “Prayer for February 9, 2021”

Guiding God, each day is filled with choices.  Help me today as I am given the chance to decide how to best respond to what is before me.  May I not respond in haste, anxiety or anger.  Almost nothing I face today needs so immediate an answer that I can’t take a second to ask how my responseContinue reading “Prayer for February 8, 2021”