Author Archives: atwinfather

This is a new month that for many is a month of changes. Schools are in session, and many students are looking forward to their first extended weekend. Help us to take advantage of the opporutinities to gather with those we love and enjoy one another’s companionship. Let this month be filled with hard workContinue reading “Prayer for September 1, 2022”

May we recognize the possibilities this day has to offer. Help us to be present to the world around us and respond when our gifts can be used. Give us the sense of when we need to be patient. Allow us to listen fully to what is being presented to us. Let us feel freeContinue reading “Prayer for August 30, 2022”

Let us learn to give without expectation of something in return. Let us remember that a gift is just that it is not a barter. May we be free in our expression of love to one another, in how we welcome the stranger and how we meet the needs of the needy. Let us becomeContinue reading “Prayer for August 29, 2022”

Help us, Loving God, as we attempt to do your will. May we know when we need to stand firm and when we need to be open to new things. Allow us to be fully present while we do not know all the burdens those around us are carrying. Give us the grace to forgiveContinue reading “Prayer for August 28, 2022”

You call us, O God, to be welcoming to the stranger in our midst. Help us to truly live into what that means. Strangers come in many packages and we need to be ready to provide comfort, shelter, sustenance and simply presence to them in their time of need. May we know that many peopleContinue reading “Prayer for August 27, 2022”

This is a day, O God, where I am struggling to find the words I want to say in my prayers to you. I am so grateful for all I have been given, and for the incredible people who have been a part of my life. May this day be filled with opportunities for meContinue reading “Prayer for August 26, 2022”

Thank you God for new experiences and new places. You made us inquisitive and encouraged us from the beginning of time to look to the next thing we can learn. May we never lose that desire to learn and encounter new experiences. Help us to know that we are just the latest group of peopleContinue reading “Prayer for August 25, 2022”

Let us be fully aware of what it is to form young people, O God. The responsibility to encourage, excite, empower and educate them is something that begins with us knowing that we must be selfless in our love for them. Help us to know when to correct them, when to let them fall andContinue reading “Prayer for August 24, 2022”

We pray today for those who struggle with depression, anxiety and other mental illnesses, Healing God. The burdens they carry are beyond my imagination and we struggle with the reality that it is hard to know what to do for them in their moments of need. May we all be a present to those aroundContinue reading “Prayer for August 23, 2022”

O God we thank you for the friends we have made over the years and for who they continue to be for us as we journey through our lives. Help us to know that we are not alone as we face the challenges that are set before us. May we be fully present when thoseContinue reading “Prayer for August 22, 2022”