Hitchhiking The Word

PRAYER You keep vigil, O God, over the fortunes of your people, guiding their destiny in safety as the history of the world unfolds.  Increase our faith that those who sleep in the dust of the ...

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PRAYER Robed in glory before all time, O God, your Son was stripped and mocked.  Enthroned in glory at your side, Christ was lifted up on the cross. Equal to you in the splendor of divinity, Je...

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PRAYER You are one God, O Lord, and beside you there is no other.  You alone are we to love with all our heart, with all our soul, with all our strength, and our neighbor as ourselves.  Sharpe...

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THOUGHTS FOR ALL SAINTS SUNDAY QUOTES THAT MAKE ME THINK "The epiphany is that we are to see ourselves in Lazarus and see the miracle of his restoration of physical life as the beginning of our...

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PRAYER God our Savior, from the ends of the earth you gather the weak and the lowly.  You make them a great and glad multitude, refreshed and renewed at your hand.  Throwing off the burden ...

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PRAYER Maker and author of life, in Jesus we have found the path to wisdom.  Let us, therefore, be bold to approach you, not seeking privilege but asking mercy.  Let us live among on another, ...

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PRAYER More precious than gold or silver, O God, more enduring than health and beauty, is the spirit of your wisdom: in her hands, uncounted wealth, in her company, all good gifts!  Send this w...

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PRAYER Beyond all human boundaries, O God, your deeds of power take place, and your healing mercy is at work. Ours is not to restrict the wonders of your saving grace but to give joyful thanks f...

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PRAYER O God, whose hand shelters the just and righteous, and whose favor rests on the lowly, banish hypocrisy from our hearts and purify us of all selfish ambition.  Let your word sown amon...

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PRAYER Beyond all human boundaries, O God, your deeds of power take place, and your healing mercy is at work.  Ours is not to restrict the wonders of your saving grace but to give joyful thank...

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Countryside of Caesarea Philippi PRAYER Not in easy words, O God, but in selfless deeds is the faith we profess made real and the love our Master commanded made present.  Give us the stre...

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PRAYER O Good and gracious God, you have chosen little ones, the worlds' poor and lowly, to become rich in faith and to be heirs of your kingdom.  Help us to speak words of encouragement and s...

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PRAYER Behold, O God, your Christian people, gathered together on this day of the Lord, our weekly celebration.  Let the praise of our lips resound in the depths of our hearts, the word yo...

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PRAYER God our Savior, in Christ, your eternal Word, you have revealed the full depths of your love for us.  Guide this holy assembly of your people by the light of your Holy Spirit, so that n...

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PRAYER Here in the midst, O good and gracious God, Wisdom has built herself a house, she has set her table and mixed her wine: The flesh and blood of Christ become our food and drink.  Fill us...

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PRAYER Guide your church, O God, on the paths of its earthly pilgrimage, and sustain with the food that does not perish so that, perserving int eh faith to which christ has called us, we may co...

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PRAYER To our stewardship, O God, you have entrusted the vast resources of your creation.  Let there be no lack of bread at the table s of any of your children, and stir up within us als...

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PRAYER In the Sunday Pasch, Lord God, you call us to share with one another the living bread that has come down from heaven.  Fill us iwth the charity of Christ and stir us by his own examp...

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Jacopo Bassano, "The Feeding of the Five Thousand" PRAYER As we gather again, O God, to celebrate the weekly Pasch, grant your church the joy of tasting again the living presence of your C...

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PRAYER Famous Actress/Dancer Maude Allen as Salome Let nothing, O God, be dearer to us than your Son, no worldly possessions, no human honors; let us prefer nothing whatever to Christ, wh...

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PRAYER Remove from before our eyes, O God, the veil that hides your splendor, and flood us with the light of your Holy Spirit, that we may recognize your glory shining in the humiliation of your...

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Raising of Jarius' Daughter by Gabriel Max, 1878 PRAYER O God, in the paschal mystery of Christ, who became poor for our sake and obedient even unto death on a cross, you have chosen to en...

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William Turner, The Storm The artist once lashed himself to a mast in order to see for himself the storm at sea. PRAYER Make firm, Lord God, the faith of your Christian people, that succes...

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PRAYER Jonah and the Gourd Vine by Jack Baumgartner From your bountiful hand, O God, you have sown generously in our hearts the seed of your truth and your grace.  May we welcome with h...

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PRAYER Creator God, we are fashioned, male and female, in the likeness of your glory.  Gather us around Christ, our teacher.  Grant that by doing your will we may truly become disciples, bro...

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