24 January 2019
Bible Meditations & Prayers (by language)Short prayers (en)God of compassion, every human life is precious in your eyes. Enable us to live in accordance with this truth and to find peace of heart in your love.
23 January 2019
Bible Meditations & Prayers (by language)Short prayers (en)Holy Spirit, you take hold of us in the depths of our being. And so we can leave behind whatever weighs down our steps, and joyfully run forward to become like Christ, whom we love.
22 January 2019
Bible Meditations & Prayers (by language)Short prayers (en)Christ Jesus, you call us to love one another as you loved us. And we hear your words: There is no greater love than to give one’s life for those one loves.
21 January 2019
Bible Meditations & Prayers (by language)Short prayers (en)God of goodness, you make it possible for us to lean upon the faith of Abraham and of all the believers who have gone before us. May your love give us the courage to leave our securities behind, in the confidence that your Holy Spirit will guide us step by step.
20 January 2019
Bible Meditations & Prayers (by language)Short prayers (en)Christ Jesus, you can fulfill our deepest longings. Send your Holy Spirit to open our hearts, so that we can accomplish the will of your love. May we be close to those who are thirsty for justice, nearby or far away. And may your peace fill the world.
19 January 2019
Bible Meditations & Prayers (by language)Short prayers (en)God, whom no-one has ever seen, we would like to love you with all our strength. We are longing for you to reveal yourself fully to us. And then you will wipe away the tears from the eyes of all people.
18 January 2019
Bible Meditations & Prayers (by language)Short prayers (en)Risen Christ, you make of us women and men of communion. Open our hearts so that we may be able to live out a generous hospitality towards those who are humiliated, who are thirsty for justice. Enable us to persevere in seeking visible unity between all those who love you. Together, may we be a sign of your peace.
17 January 2019
Bible Meditations & Prayers (by language)Short prayers (en)God of love, together we celebrate all that you give us. And we entrust to you those who live in anxiety about tomorrow. Inspire them so that they may find the way of peace and of justice.
16 January 2019
Bible Meditations & Prayers (by language)Short prayers (en)Jesus, our hope, when you ask us: "For you, who am I?" we would like first of all to sense that you, Christ, are the one who bears our anxieties, and also our desire to love.
15 January 2019
Bible Meditations & Prayers (by language)Short prayers (en)God of all human beings, we entrust to you our Brother Thomas. You welcome him now into life in fullness. We thank you for his presence among us. With us, his brothers, he fought the good fight of the faith; he has finished his course, and today you grant him the entry into eternal life.
He prepared for a pastoral ministry in his Church of Scotland, and you called him to leave his country to join our Community. As a brother, he accompanied and supported all those entrusted to him, very many young and not-so-young people.
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