In the Jesus Way we pray
The Lord’s Prayer (a paraphrase) based on Matthew 6:9-13, Luke 11:2-4 O God, you love us like a good parent, and are present in every aspect of our existence. May your nature become known and respected by all. May your joy, peace, wholeness and justice be the reality for everyone as we live by … Continue reading "In the Jesus Way we pray"...
My way to you
A prayer based on ‘Suscipe me’, a prayer made by a novice on entering a Benedictine Community Accept me, O Lord, just as I am, in my frailty, my inadequacy, my contradictions and my confusions. Accept me, with all those discordant currents that pull me in so many directions. Accept all of this, … Continue reading "My way to you"...
Lord, teach me your way
A prayer Lord, teach me your way of treating others – sinners, children, Pharisees, Pilates and Herods, and also John the Baptists. Teach me your way of eating and drinking, and how to act when I’m tired from work and need rest. Teach me compassion for the suffering, the poor, the blind, and the lame. … Continue reading "Lord, teach me your way"...
Prayer and the way we are
“Prayer is not only a matter of saying the right sort of words to the right kind of God. Our being is involved, the way we are.” by Eugene Peterson, from Answering God: The Psalms as Tools for Prayer, p. 24 A prayer inspired by Psalm 1 King of all the earth, Creator … Continue reading "Prayer and the way we are"...