Prayers

Teach me true generosity.Teach me to serve you as you deserve,To give without counting the cost.To fight heedless of wounds,To labor without seeking rest,To sacrifice myself without thought of my rewardSave the knowledge that I have done your will. ~ Ignatius of...

A loss of healthA gain of a healthy life style A loss of securityA gain of eternal security A loss of immortalityA gain of redeemed mortality A loss of energyA gain of priorities A loss of timeA gain of treasured time A loss of goalsA gain of new knowledge A loss of...

By Rashani Read There is a brokennessout of which comes the unbroken,a shatterednessout of which blooms the unshatterable.There is a sorrowbeyond all grief which leads to joyand a fragilityout of whose depths emerges strength.There is a hollow space too vast for...

By Virgil Fry Lord God, hear my prayer.My struggle, as You know, is with loss.Through death, I’ve losta significant part of me.I’m left here wondering,striving to pick up the pieceswearyof the task.Like a bird whose nest has been robbed,I feel lost, aloneand...

Dear God, When disease again flexes its musclesand the weather tears through our best laid plans,when the present appears precariousand the way ahead resembles a Houston freeway,make our spirits as tough as Texas mesquite,that gnarly ballet of tenacity,not bowing,not...