"For there is one God, and there is one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus.” 1 Timothy 2:5

Morning Prayer

Father we praise thee, now the night is over; active and watchful, stand we all before thee; singing we offer prayer and meditation; thus we adore thee.

Monarch of all things, fit us for thy mansions; banish our weakness, health and wholeness sending; bring us to heaven, where thy saints united joy without ending.

All holy Father, Son and equal Spirit, trinity blessed, send us thy salvation; thine is the glory, gleaming and resounding through all creation.

Amen

[Words:  ascribed to Gregory the Great (540-604); translation by Percy Dearmer (1867-1936)]

Prayer of Adoration

Father, Son and Holy Spirit, we worship you with gladness
We come before you with songs of joy,
For you made us, and we are yours.
We are your people, the sheep of your pasture.
We enter your gates with thanksgiving,
We go into your courts with praise.
We bless your name,
For you are good
Your unfailing love continues forever,
And your faithfulness continues to each generation.

We give thanks for you became one of us, taking on our humanity and experiencing our very lives - our brokenness, our fears, our failures.
But the good news is that by your death you dealt with sin
And by your resurrection you began a new humanity, 
A new creation, uniting all things in the heavens and on the earth to you,

In you we have redemption through your blood.
You have forgiven all our offenses according to the riches of your grace.
You adopted each of us as beloved daughters and sons,
Uniting us as one with you and each other.

You have made salvation known to us here and now that we may experience eternal life here and now.
Father, Son and Holy Spirit, by your power we sing your praise this day
And as long as we live.
May your glory endure forever.

Amen

Prayer of Adoration

Our Lord God
Triune God
Father, Son and Holy Spirit
Your divine communion
Is our refuge
Our shelter
Our life source
Abiding in your holy communion
Is where we are
Changed
Transported from our views to your views
Moved from our ways to your ways
From blindness to new sight
From hiding to dancing
From darkness to light
Given eyes to see and ears to hear
And hands to do and feet to go

Abiding in your holy communion
Is where we relax
With a deep sigh and
Release

Abiding in your holy communion
Is where the gifts of God are opened
And we glimpse your kingdom come
Where acceptance, courtesy, and gentleness are esteemed
Where we are given courage and extend to others encouragement
Where healing is found as if we are suspended in place and time
Where creativity thrives
Where Love is poured out
Where prayer lives
Where stillness flows
And where Peace dwells

Thanks be to you O God
For your sweet communion
Our greatest delight

Amen

Prayer of Adoration

The morning guilds the skies
and our hearts awakening cry
Let God who is Father Son and Spirit
be praised

The light beams through the barn wall
and the beauty of light and
all its rays of colour
stops us and says
brokenness exists
so that light may get in

The moonlight floods the fields
and casts its moon shadows
and yes indeed
even in darkness
you are there

Your light pierces darkness
as in the first creation
it beams through the cracks in our
outer shell
the week points in our armour
and illuminates our soul
directs
nourishes

Your light pierces our darkness
and a new born creation unfolds
within us
so that your gentleness
may be evident to all

Your near presence
casts out anxiety
your near presence
is greater than any harmful ray
and lightens and brightens
our way

Nothing separates us from
your Love
your Love is always
and forever
your Love never ceases
your Love will never end

Thanks be to God

We give you these moments
We give you this day
for your glory
for nurturing love
for planting goodness
even as the leaves fall
and the soil hardens
and the darkness of night lingers longer
may your light so shine
before us and
in us and
through us
that all may see
you
God of Love
God of all Goodness
God of Light

Amen

Prayers of Confession

Merciful God, in your gracious presence we confess our sin and the sin of this world.  Although Jesus is among us as our peace, we are a people divided against ourselves as we cling to a broken world.  The profit and pleasures we pursue lay waste the land and pollute the seas.  The fears and jealousies that we harbour set neighbour against neighbour and nation against nation.  We abuse your gifts of imagination and freedom, of intellect and reason, and have turned them into bonds of oppression.  Lord, have mercy upon us; heal and forgive us.  Set us free to serve you in the world as agents of your reconciling love in Jesus Christ.  Amen.

God of compassion, in Jesus Christ we behold your transforming light, yet we continue to live in darkness.  Preoccupied with ourselves, we fail to see your work in the world.  We speak when we should listen; we act when we should reflect.  Empower us to live in your light and to walk in your ways for the sake of him who is the light of the world, Jesus Christ, our Lord and Savior.  Amen.

Prayers for Healing

Be still and know that You are God
Be still and know that You are God
Be still and know that You are God

You are the Lord that healeth me
You are the Lord that healeth me
You are the Lord that healeth me

In You O Lord I put my trust
In you O Lord I put my trust
In you O Lord I put my trust

Amen

[Words adapted: anonymous]

Healing, Holy
Healing, Holy
Abiding in me is the Holy Spirit

Healing Holy
Healing Holy
This sweet communion that we share is
Healing, Holy

Amen

Prayers for Daily Living

Holy Spirit, hear us; help us while we sing;
breathe into the music of the praise we bring.

Holy Spirit, prompt us when we bow to pray;
nearer come and teach us what we ought to say.

Holy Spirit, speak now through this book we read;
on its living pages shine the light we need.

Holy Spirit, give us Jesus’ heart and mind;
make us as our Teacher:  loving, strong and kind.

Holy Spirit, help us daily by your might,
what is wrong, to conquer, and to choose the right.

Amen.

[Words by William Henry Parker (1845-1929)]

Evening Prayer

Sun of my soul, my Saviour dear, it is not night if  you are near; oh may no earthborn cloud arise to hide you from your servant’s eyes.

When the soft dews of kindly sleep my wearied eyelids gently steep; be my last thought:  How sweet to rest forever on my Saviour’s breast.

Watch by the sick; enrich the poor with blessings from your boundless store; be every mourner’s sleep tonight, like infants’ slumbers, pure and light.

Come near and bless us when we wake, as through the world our way we take, till in the ocean of your love we lose ourselves in heaven above.

Amen

[Words by John Keble (1792-1866)]

Pax et Lux:Peace+Light

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