{"id":15690,"date":"2024-10-22T22:45:22","date_gmt":"2024-10-22T20:45:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.irenebom.com\/prayer_matters\/?p=15690"},"modified":"2024-10-22T22:45:22","modified_gmt":"2024-10-22T20:45:22","slug":"blessed-be-god-who-makes-us-fruitful","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.irenebom.com\/prayer_matters\/2024\/10\/22\/blessed-be-god-who-makes-us-fruitful\/","title":{"rendered":"Bless\u00e8d be God who makes us fruitful"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\n <\/p>\n

\u201cI am the vine; you are the branches. If you remain in me and I in you, you will bear much fruit; apart from me you can do nothing.”<\/div>\n

John 15:5<\/a><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Litany of Adoration<\/h3>\n

Bless\u00e8d be God, the only God,
\nthree Persons in one eternity of love:
\n      Bless\u00e8d be God.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Bless\u00e8d be God, the lover of humankind,
\nour Creator, Redeemer and Sanctifier:
\n      Bless\u00e8d be God.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Bless\u00e8d be God, the Fount of human love,
\nby whom all our common life is made fruitful:
\n      Bless\u00e8d be God.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Bless\u00e8d be God for all that He is:
\n      Bless\u00e8d be God.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Bless\u00e8d be God for all that He has done:
\n      Bless\u00e8d be God.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Bless\u00e8d in the fellowship of His Church
\nand bless\u00e8d amid the celestial host:
\n      Bless\u00e8d be God.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Bless\u00e8d by the chorus of all people,
\nand bless\u00e8d by the whisper of each single soul:
\n      Bless\u00e8d be God.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Bless\u00e8d from everlasting,
\nbless\u00e8d now, and blessed for ever.
\n      Bless\u00e8d be God.<\/strong><\/p>\n

 
\nAncient ‘Agape’ Liturgy<\/em>,
\nfrom The Book of a Thousand Prayers<\/a><\/em> by Angela Ashwin, #198<\/p>\n\n

From the blog<\/strong>
\nBlessed assurance<\/a>
\nBalm to heal the world<\/a>
\nIn the school of prayer with Brother Lawrence<\/a>
\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

  \u201cI am the vine; you are the branches. If you remain in me and I in you, you will bear much fruit; apart from me you can do nothing.” John 15:5   Litany of Adoration Bless\u00e8d be God, the only God, three Persons in one eternity of love:       Bless\u00e8d be God. 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