God, Our Source and Ground of Being, In you we live, move, and exist.
My street is quiet now. Cars, buses, lorries, noisy polluters of our very breath, have fled in disarray.
God, Our Source and Ground of Being, In you we live, move, and exist.
A compilation of modern call and response litanies intended for congregational use. Whether your community is liturgical and looking for fresh language, or contemporary and looking to incorporate liturgical elements, this volume contains relevant, reflective prayers that call congregations deeper into the story of Divine Love.
We must cultivate peace in our own hearts first, allowing the Peace of Christ to root there. This is our work as we pray for peace in the whole earth.
We come before you today in abject pain and anguish There are no words to describe the distress of losing someone You love very deeply ALL: Jesus said “Blessed are those who mourn for they shall be comforted”
One: A Blessing on you who are poor Many Yours is the household of God One A blessing on you who mourn Many: you shall be comforted
Jesus travelled from town to town, healing people who were sick All: Help us to heal broken bodies
From the Celebrating Mystery collection
All of us have experienced mental or physical suffering at the hands of other people. But each of us has also brought suffering to others.
From the Celebrating Mystery collection
Ceremonies are points of cohesion beyond the boundaries of reason, a journey into the shadowy mystical world of the human spirit ...
We live in a society were many older people feel put out to grass – no longer useful All: Help us to live life in all its fullness
One: May God the World Maker bless you; Many: Let us delight in sunlight and starlight and surprises of the turning earth.
I believe in a mysterious impulse, where the essence of peace restores what is good I believe in healing love that grows through faith to create joy
From the Celebrating Mystery collection
THEME The path to destruction and the path to new life.
For half the world’s population who have to live on less than £1 a day All: Let justice flow down like a river
Yes, we all will one day die; but not even death can bury the love and peace we have shared. Our acts of kindness, strivings for justice, and practices of compassion are the eternal verities that give our life meaning and purpose, and will put our death in the context of a life that cannot be denied.
Astonished, with the pain of Good Friday lingering in our consciousness, we awake to a new day of hopes and miracles.