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\"\"<\/p>\n

Prayer<\/h3>\n

God, we praise you,
\nFather, all powerful,
\nChrist, Lord and Saviour,
\nSpirit of Love,
\ndrawing us to share in your life and your love.
\nOne God, three Persons,
\nbe near to the people formed in your image,
\nclose to the world your love brings to life.
\nWe ask you this,
\nFather, Son and Holy Spirit,
\none God, true and living,
\nfor ever and ever.<\/p>\n

 
\n~ The Liturgy of the Hours<\/strong>
\nfrom The Book of a Thousand Prayers<\/a><\/em> by Angela Ashwin, #869<\/p>\n\n

From the blog<\/strong>
\n3 Prayers to the Sacred Trinity<\/a>
\nToo beautiful for war<\/a>
\nWho do you work for?<\/a>
\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Prayer God, we praise you, Father, all powerful, Christ, Lord and Saviour, Spirit of Love, drawing us to share in your life and your love. One God, three Persons, be near to the people formed in your image, close to the world your love brings to life. We ask you this, Father, Son and Holy … Continue reading “Be near, be close”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[3],"tags":[244],"class_list":["post-14530","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-prayer","tag-near"],"yoast_head":"\nBe near, be close - Prayer matters<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"From The Liturgy of the Hours: "God ... be near to the people formed in your image, close to the world your love brings to life."\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.irenebom.com\/prayer_matters\/2023\/10\/05\/be-near-be-close\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Be near, be close - 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