Stories tagged:
benediction

Liturgy, Reflection and Benediction 2020.07.05

Liturgy We live among so manydistractions, even good ones.We often don’t notice you. Gracious God, extend us your quietand your stillness, so that we havespace to find you. We are quick to rely only on ourselves,To be consumed by our worries and ourproblems. We often ignore you. Compassionate God, grant us your peace.Take our burdens and make them light. Give […]

Liturgy, Reflection and Benediction 2020.06.28

Liturgy Vox friends, from both near and far,welcome to this space and community. Welcome to all your beginnings, middles, and ends –within this year, within this week, within each new day. Let us take a moment to acknowledge this space and time. This morning, let us welcome a brilliant,new understanding of God’s presence.Let us welcome all the ways God willshow […]

Liturgy, Reflection and Benediction 2020.06.21

Liturgy Friends, sisters and brothers,welcome to this sacred place this morning.Let us pause for a moment to be still and breathe. Today, when we are challenged,may we be receptive to the Spirit’s moving. When we are humbled,may we make room for God’s healing and grace. When we face difficult emotions and trying situations,may we welcome these experiences and learn from […]

Liturgy, Reflection and Benediction 2020.06.14

Liturgy We are here by God’s invitation,to be fully present, to be here and now,to bring all parts of our heart to the table. Invite your joy and your grief.Invite your peace and your fear.Invite your confidence and your insecurity.God has invited all of who we are here today. This is a safe space and a sacred timeWhere our complex […]

Liturgy, Reflection and Benediction 2020.06.07

Liturgy We confess that we did not acknowledgethe sounds of the labored breathing of the oppressed.And we mercifully hold their anguish in our heartsas we listen to their cries that scream for us to bare witness. Blessed are they that mourn,those in emotional turmoil,weak and overextended. Oh Blessed Peacemaker, what have we done?Whose names have we not known?Whose names have […]

Liturgy, Reflection and Benediction 2020.05.31

Liturgy This morning, Loving God,we ask you to reveal yourself to usin a myriad of waysSo that we can truly know you. May we understand you and your wisdom,so that we know youwith our intelligence and our minds. May we experience you and your kindness,so that we know and love youwith our emotions and our hearts. May we feel youand […]

Liturgy, Reflection and Benediction 2020.05.24

Liturgy Restore us, O Living God, by the breath of your Spirit,for some of us are wilted and weary. Some of us areanxious for restoration, and wonder if it will happen at all. Hear our voices crying out amidst the noise,where we hide to wait for a new day. Let us not be bound to the earth by ourweariness and […]