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crown your heart this is my prayer for you hold my hand i ll teach you the way to go through the joys through the tears the journey of these years he is with us til the end he is faithful til the end dún do shúil close your eyes dún do shúil a rún mo chroí close your eyes oh love of my heart a chuid den tsaol s a ghrá liom my worldly joy my treasure dún do shúil a rún mo chroí close your eyes oh love of my heart agus gheobhair feirín amárach and you will get a gift tomorrow you ll travel where my arms won t reach as the road will rise to lead your feet on a journey of your own may my mistakes not hinder you but his grace remain and guide you through this is my prayer for you take his hand and go where he calls you to and whatever comes seek him with all your heart this will be my prayer for you father hear my ceaseless prayer oh keep them in your care tweet subscribe here posted by concord pastor at 6 02 pm 0 comments pause for prayer thursday 8 27 today lord help me do no wrong in word or deed do no wrong to my neighbor do no wrong to my family do no wrong to my opponent do no wrong to my friends do no wrong to my colleagues do no wrong to those who offend me do no wrong to strangers and do no wrong to myself today lord help me think kindly of those who are unkind to me take steps to make peace when it s not my fault speak the truth with clarity and charity stand up for those whom others beat down keep my mouth shut when i want to scream take time to discover how i might be wrong reach out to someone who s waiting for me find joy wherever it finds me today today lord help me to speak the truth do the next right thing cherish my family stay in the moment delight in your mercy help my neighbor treasure my friends value my colleagues forgive someone s blunder be gentle and kind to strangers and respect the person you made me to be today lord help me to do no harm to do no wrong to love all those whose paths cross mine and to love you good and gracious god to love you above all amen tweet subscribe here posted by concord pastor at 2 23 am 0 comments 8 26 26 all these things are infamies indeed in his encyclical letter veritas splendor pope john paul ii reminded us that church teaches that there exist acts which per se and in themselves independently of circumstances are always seriously wrong by reason of their object he went on to quote from a vatican ii document a list of such infamies few will be surprised to see abortion in this list but many may be taken back by the other moral atrocities included in this category whatever is opposed to life itself such as any type of murder genocide abortion euthanasia or willful self destruction whatever violates the integrity of the human person such as mutilation torments inflicted on body or mind attempts to coerce the will itself whatever insults human dignity such as subhuman living conditions arbitrary imprisonment deportation slavery prostitution the selling of women and children as well as disgraceful working conditions where men are treated as mere tools for profit rather than as free and responsible persons all these things and others of their like are infamies indeed they poison human society but they do more harm to those who practice them than to those who suffer from the injury moreover they are supreme dishonor to the creator gaudium et spes no 27 constitution on the church in the modern world vatican council ii december 7 1965 tweet subscribe here posted by concord pastor at 3 00 am 0 comments 8 25 26 pause for prayer tuesday 8 25 at least once a day lord and frequently more often i look at myself in a mirror sometimes i love what i see but sometimes well i don t when i miss when i fail to recognize when i close my eyes to your mysterious design the imprint of your touch and the gentle care you took in shaping my appearance how i look to the world to you lord and myself help me reverence lord help me love and respect the face i see in the mirror the face you cherish the face you fashioned for me the face you take delight in the face by which you know me my face the face you ve always loved help me lord to look beyond the features i would change and find within what needs no change the beauty of your image imprinted on my soul the divine imago dei in whose likeness i m created through the mystery of your love help me look through my own eyes lord and show me what you see what you treasure what you cherish and find worthy of your gaze help me look within myself lord to see what might be changed til i more clearly mirror and more faithfully reflect the gracious light of your face warmly shining on my own amen the image of god by craig courtney and susan boersma if a widget doesn t appear below click here in the beginning god shaped and formed me i am skillfully and wonderfully made i am the image of my creator in every part of me his likeness is displayed life flows from life and love from loving gifts of the father by nature and by grace a heart made glad a soul unshaken unbounded joy in every breath a song of praise unbounded joy in every breath a song of praise for his own purpose god shaped and formed me i am his i have a place with in his plan i am the image of my creator my past and future are secure within his hand life flows from life and love from loving gifts of the father by nature and by grace a heart made glad a soul unshaken unbounded joy in every breath a song of praise unbounded joy in every breath a song of praise life flows from life and love from loving gifts of the father by nature and by grace a heart made glad a soul unshaken unbounded joy in every breath a song of praise a song of praise tweet subscribe here posted by concord pastor at 1 00 am 0 comments 8 24 26 monday morning offering 8 24 image george mendoza good morning good god this morning lord i offer you my desire to mend a friend s broken heart my knowing it s beyond my craft to do and my prayer that you great healer of hearts will touch restore and fill her heart as i know only you can do this morning lord i offer you my desire to help a friend find faith my knowing that faith s not mine to give and my prayer that you with your spirit s power will open his heart to the hope and trust i know he needs to believe in your love this morning lord i offer you my desire to cure a friend s illness my knowing that i m not a doctor and my prayer that you the divine physician will treat and restore him to health and strength to his family his work his well being this morning lord i offer you my desire for a friend to get out of jail my knowing i don t hold the keys and my prayer that you most merciful judge will free his heart to accept what comes and to trust in you and your care for him this morning lord i offer you my desire to help my friend who s depressed my knowing i often don t know what to say and my prayer that you all wisdom and grace will calm her anxious and fearful soul and bring her serenity calm and peace this morning lord i have so much to offer my desires self knowledge most of all my prayer that you will touch my friends precious lives with your healing and gifts with wholeness and health with your freedom and mercy with the grace of your presence your peace and deep joy oh and lord i could use some of these gifts myself and i promise to share whatever you give amen tweet subscribe here posted by concord pastor at 5 01 am 0 comments 8 23 26 night prayer sunday 8 23 on sundays night prayer will focus on an element from the day s celebration of mass this weekend i preached on keys and the keys of grace entrusted to eliakim and peter in today s readings i began my homily by asking do you know where your keys are at one time or another or much more often we ve all misplaced our keys and we know the panic that ensues among my possessions lord among the things i might misplace which might trigger the most anxiety and desire to find what i ve lost my keys my cell phone my wallet my glasses my lap top it s because i really believe i really need these things that i can t get along without them that when i lose them i feel like i ve lost my security my safety myself would that i d panic as quickly lord would that i d worry as greatly and search as diligently when i lose my connection with you when i m way too busy to pray when i lose my sense of well being when i fail to care for myself when i lose my sense of direction when i follow a foolish path when i lose myself to sorrow when i cling to grief i won t let go when i lose my sense of purpose when i surrender to disappointment when i lose my faith in you when i narrow my trust in your care when i lose my hope for tomorrow when i surrender myself to the past when i lose my joy in living and i lock the door of my heart of all the things i think i need of all that i truly treasure let these things lord be most important and my finding them my greatest joy my relationship with you the abiding gift of your mercy awareness of my personal dignity trust in where you re leading me living mindfully in the moment accepting the whole of my life as gift trust in the breadth and depth of your love faith that you re always with me courage to open my soul to all love phones and wallets keys and glasses all these will pass lord can be replaced so focus my heart on what really matters help me treasure the greatest gifts and help me rejoice and share the good news when i ve found what i thought i had lost and just one more thing lord when i am lost and all alone be like the shepherd who lost his sheep like the woman who lost her coin and search search search and search til you ve found me til i know deep in my heart that indeed i have been found by you protect me lord while i m awake and watch over me while i sleep that awake i might keep watch with you and asleep rest in your peace amen tonight s music comes not from the pages of scripture or a hymnal but from hit broadway musical i suspect the composers were writing about human friendship but as a believer i can t help but think of god as the one who is always searching me out and finding me over and over again you will be found from dear evan hansen by pasek and paul if a widget doesn t appear below click here have you ever felt like nobody was there have you ever felt forgotten in the middle of nowhere have you ever felt like you could disappear like you could fall and no one would hear well let that lonely feeling wash away maybe there s a reason to believe you ll be okay cause when you don t feel strong enough to stand you can reach reach out your hand and oh someone will come running and i know they ll take you home even when the dark comes crashing through when you need a friend to carry you and when you re broken on the ground you will be found so let the sun come streaming in cause you ll reach up and you ll rise again lift your head and look around you will be found there s a place where we don t have to feel unknown and every time that you call out you re a little less alone if you only say the word from across the silence your voice is heard and oh someone will come running oh they ll take you home even when the dark comes crashin through when you need a friend to carry you when you re broken on the ground you will be found so when the sun comes streaming in cause you ll reach up and you ll rise again if you only look around you will be found you will be found you will be found out of the shadows the morning is breaking and all is new all is new it s filling up the empty and suddenly i see that all is new all is new you are not alone even when the dark comes crashin through when you need someone to carry you when you re broken on the ground you will be found so when the sun comes streaming in cause you ll reach up and you ll rise again if you only look around you will be found tweet subscribe here posted by concord pastor at 6 00 pm 0 comments older posts home subscribe to posts atom word august 23 click on the 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