Category Archives: Prayers

A Prayer for a Fuller Understanding of Your Resurrection

The Apostle Paul’s declaration has always challenged and baffled me: I want to know Christ and the power of His resurrection, and the fellowship of sharing in His sufferings becoming like Him in His death. Philippians 3:10 The first part … Continue reading

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“I only pray when I ain’t got a prayer”

I want to highlight a prophetic echo from popular culture – something that expresses a truth about the mystery of God that is not self evident from culture itself. Recently Country singer Jason Deford (who goes by the name “Jelly … Continue reading

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Let him easter in us

“Let him easter in us, be a dayspring to the dimness of us…” Line for Gerard Manley Hopkins epic poem ‘The Wreck of the Deutschland’. Shortly after Easter last year my mentor and friend James M. Houston wrote: Hopkins captures my … Continue reading

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In Us, For Us, and From Us

It is necessary that the Spirit of Christ be in us, that [he] may pray in us and for us and cause us to pray, and may unite our minds and hearts to God, and immerse [them] in his infinite … Continue reading

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To You we say, “Come…”

A Prayer for people walking in darkness yet seeking light: Lord Jesus, Master of both the light and the darkness, Send your Holy Spirit upon our preparations for Christmas: We who have so much to do and seek quiet spaces … Continue reading

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Trust in the Slow Work of God

Trust in the slow work of God by Pierre Teilhard de Chardin, SJ Above all, trust in the slow work of God. We are quite naturally impatient in everything to reach the end without delay. We should like to skip … Continue reading

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Come… Give us Breath

Come, my Way, my Truth, my Life: by George Herbert Come, my Way, my Truth, my Life: Such a way as gives us breath; Such a truth as ends all strife, Such a life as killeth death. Come, my Light, … Continue reading

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