Prayer

New Year’s Prayer

God Of Wonder and everlasting Peace,

You have given us Your Son,

born of a woman, yet the Incarnation of your Love.

As we celebrate, this  great act of love

let us be mindful of the great promise his birth proclaims,

continue to work to make this promise a reality

and be strengthened by his presence in our lives.

We ask this in faith and in name your Incarnate love,

Jesus Christ our Lord.

AmenAdvent Prayer

God of Hope and joyful waiting, We stand in need of your healing presence. Our world is ravaged by war and famine,natural disasters and violence.

Yet, You promise to take away our old ways and give us new ways to live, in justice, peace and equality. You promise to strengthen our hearts so we can love one another in truth, tenderness and honesty.

In these days of Advent, may we recognize that what we are most longing and earnestly desiring is to know that you are near. You are here among us, in our midst and there is nothing to Fear.

You have fulfilled the promise and continue to bring it about by guiding us to live, not in human ways, but in Your ways. Then we can leap for joy and know: Our God is here.

Our God is Emanuel

November Prayer

God of loving gentleness, we commend the souls of all those who have died, to Your merciful care.We remember especially those who we have loved and hold  in the silence of our hearts.

We believe that we  will see them  again, yet now we must rely on our memories of love, friendship and joy.

So we pray, that each of them may be in the company of the angels and saints and enjoy for ever Your heavenly banquet.

We ask this as we do all things, in the name of Your beloved Son. Amen

October Prayer

God of wonder and mystery

You created us male and female,

Both in Your image,

Neither image completely reflects You

Neither image is less than the other,

But we are distinct in our diversity.

In Your wisdom and grace you have given us

The ability to know the wonders of life

and to cherish  it from conception to natural death

Grant us the strength to be the voice of those who have no voice:

The poor, the marginalize, the unborn, uninsured and those on death row.

May others know we hold all of life as sacred by our actions,

our words and the  prayers we speak.

September Prayer

God of Wisdom,

Send us Your Spirit to be with us during this school year so that we can all

Devote ourselves to learning and share that knowledge with others.

Bless all students that they may enjoy school, delighting in the discoveries that await them, persisting in their studies and desiring to explore new ideas.

Bless all teachers, with patience, and enthusiasm for their students as they encourage them to dream their dreams and challenge eager minds.

We ask this in faith and in the name of Jesus the teacher.

Who said, I am the way, the truth and the life, now and forever.

AMEN

August Prayer