Prayer or meditation
Prayer
Friends
Anytime
Is the right time
To be still
To connect with your maker
No thought, no word, no act is necessary.
Just be still
All is known by The One who loves all more than they love themselves
Humble torchbearers
Let not your sole Word silence all the rest,
Nor Truth be prisoned in a single speech.
The soul’s ascent is not a narrow stair,
But rises in a thousand dialects of hope.
We wake, we pray, we dream by different stars,
Yet each stirs awe, and awe is neighbour to the Real.
The call to
Good News in Troubled Times
When chill winds seem mired with sorrow,
When the tired heart dreads tomorrow,
Still your hearth may trust its embers,
Still the mind can pause, remember…
Not all hope is lost in grieving,
Not all joys are past believing.
Though blue skies grow dim with warning,
Some view dawns, fair light adorning.
While fraught news may travel
For times of disaster or national shock
Please be gentle with yourselves today folks.
Don’t feel like you must have answers for the big questions.
Be sad, be shocked, be angry.
But mostly be gentle…
Be gentle with yourself.
Be gentle with others.
Fear is the emotion of survival.
The mechanism which drives us to fight, or flight in situations which require it.
It
Benediction
(Inspired by the hymn Blessed Spirit of my Life)
Blessed Spirit of our lives,
help us to live with strength and dignity
through the storms and stresses of our days.
Grant us clarity of vision,
and the inward peace that fills us
when we act according to
the still small voice of conscience.
Help us to
Prayer for the Dying
Almighty and eternal God, source of all love and compassion, we ask for your presence to surround and uphold this beloved soul.
May they be comforted in their time of need, and may your strength be their foundation.
Through your infinite goodness, sustain them in the face of pain and uncertainty, and guide them gently
Prayer for the autumn equinox
In our prayer let us be aware of the balance in nature and in our lives. The autumn equinox is upon us, a time of equal daylight and equal darkness. The energy of the summers growth is in decline. The leaves are starting to turn, the grain harvest is being gathered in. Those who worship
Benediction
This is a blessing for a service about the Edict of Torda.
Let us live in the spirit of Torda
So that in every place, under every sky
Each person’s understanding of God is
Permitted and respected.
Let us likewise guard that no one is
Reviled, threatened, imprisoned
Or in any way prejudiced for their religion
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