Stories tagged:
reflection

Liturgy Reflection & Benediction 06.09.13

Liturgy Redeeming God, we journey in hope: daring to believe in impossible things; seeing your imprint on our lives and in our world; knowing that you break through in unexpected ways, even in confusion and despair: in the love of friends and strangers; in the beauty of creation and in the laughter of our neighbors, where we catch a glimpse […]

Liturgy Reflection & Benediction 06.02.13

Liturgy O God of our hearts, You yearn to be close to us that we might know you in every breath, in every hope, in every relationship. May we in turn, draw close to one another to build your kingdom and your church. Teach us to recognize the covenant of justice, peace and love you have written on our hearts. […]

Liturgy Reflection & Benediction 05.19.13

Liturgy Lord Jesus Christ, pierce our souls with your love that we may always long for you. You, the bread of angels and the fulfillment of the soul’s deepest desires. May our hearts always hunger and feed on what you provide, so that our souls may be filled with sweetness in your presence. May our souls thirst for you, the […]

Liturgy Reflection & Benediction 05.12.13

Liturgy Arise, shine, for your light has come, and the glory of the Lord has dawned upon you. For behold, darkness covers the land; deep gloom enshrouds the peoples. But over you the Lord will rise, and his glory will appear upon you. Nations will stream to your light, and kings to the brightness of your dawning. Your gates will […]

Liturgy Reflection & Benediction 05.05.13

Liturgy We believe in an innovative God, who does not wait for us to find ourselves but comes seeking the lost and calling us into a new way. We believe in Jesus of Nazareth as God’s crucial initiative, that when he calls us to follow, Christ also gives us the power to become, both in creed and deed, the children […]

Liturgy Reflection & Benediction 04.28.13

Liturgy Eternal God, our Alpha and Omega, our beginning and our end, we gather in this time and this place to worship you. In your time, you created all things, and wove into their fabric a yearning for fulfillment in you. It is this yearning within us which has pulled us here this morning. Take these moments, O Lord of […]

Liturgy Reflection & Benediction 04.21.13

Liturgy Our Heavenly Father, in our days to come, we pray these words to you. God of Grace, in whom we put our trust, Be our rescuer when sins ensnare, The liberator of our souls, The still, small voice that says, ‘Be free.’ God of Love, in whom we put our trust, Be our joy and comfort at all times, […]