Feast of St. Clare . . .

 

Gaze upon Him,

Consider Him,

Contemplate Him,

Imitate Him . . .

Words of Clare to Agnes of Prague

Feast of St. Clare, August 11

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clare_of_Assisi#:~:text=

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Image from site of Franciscans Conventual

Artist Unknown . . .

Prayer of St. Dominic

 

·       May God the Father who made us bless us. 

May God the Son send his healing among us.

May God the Holy Spirit move within us and give us

eyes to see with, 

ears to hear with,

and hands that God’s work might be done. 

May we walk with God and preach the Word of God to all. 

 May the angel of peace watch over us and lead us at

last by God’s grace to the kingdom.  Amen.

 

 

God of every moment . . .

 

 

G

od is there in these moments of rest and can give us in a 

single instant exactly what we need.  Then the rest of the day

 can take its course, under the same effort and strain, perhaps,

 but in peace.  And when night comes, and you look back over the day

and see how fragmentary everything has been, and how much you

 planned that has gone undone. . . just take everything exactly as it is, 

put it in God’s hands and leave it with God.  Then you will be able to 

rest in God ~ really rest ~ and start the next day as a new life.

St. Teresa Benedict of the Cross (Edith Stein)

Feast Day August 9

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edith_Stein

Photo by Doris Klein, CSA

For the Gift of Today . . .

 

 

Gracious God,
thank you for the gift of today.
Refresh me . . . Invite me . . .
to discover Your Presence in each person
that I meet, and every event encountered.

Teach me when to speak and when to listen,
when to ponder and when to share.
In moments of challenge and decision attune my
heart to the whisperings of Your Wisdom.

As I undertake ordinary and unnoticed tasks,
gift me with simple Joy.
When my day goes well, may I rejoice!
When it grows difficult
surprise me with new possibilities.

When life is overwhelming
call me to Sabbath moments
to restore Your Peace and Harmony.
May my living today
reveal your goodness.
Amen.

(Author Unknown)

A Prayer for Tired Spirits . . .

O God, help us to feel you; Help us to know how precious we are to you, that we might become at least half so precious to ourselves. 

Move with us, according to your desire. Ease our hearts, melt our harsh edges so that we might sense how intimate you truly are.

Guide us, God in an ever more complete embrace of you, that we might bear more of your endless embrace of us, and thereby embrace ourselves.

Keep alive within us, O God, your most precious gift to us which is our burning, longing, wordless yearning for you. Grant to us the courage and the vulnerability and the dignity to claim our hunger for you in every moment, celebrating, in each instant the pain and delight of our longing.

Touch us beneath our will, opening us where we cannot open ourselves, healing us where we cannot heal ourselves.

And, in the vibrant mystery of your Spirit within us, accept our eternal gratitude for every act of goodness that comes to us from another, for every nourishing way that souls may touch each other, for every bit of love we share, and for the wonder, the tender laughing touching calling beautiful wonder.

Gerald May

 

 

Photos courtesy of Sister Doris Klein, CSA

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