Lord Jesus, listen to the needs of your people open your heart in love to each of us. You care for us when we are lost, sympathise with us in loneliness and comfort us in mourning; you are closest to us when we are weakest. You love us most when we love ourselves least; [...]
Reflection – Today’s Thought
Easter Prayer
An Easter Prayer
Risen Christ
No one expected your return.
You astonished your disciples
When you slipped from the tomb.
You came extending peace,
Offering forgiveness for denial,
Extending faith to the doubtful.
You met them at the seashore
And on the road toward home.
Each one’s grieving heart overjoyed.
Each one’s closed mind opened wide.
Today: I let myself be astonished
St Brigid
Prayer to St Brigid
Bridget, you were a woman of peace.
You brought harmony where there was conflict.
You brought light to the darkness.
You brought hope to the downcast.
May the mantle of your peace
cover those who are troubled and anxious.
And may peace be firmly rooted in
our hearts and in our world.
Inspire us to act justly and to
reverence all [...]
Holiday Prayer
Holiday Prayer.
Lord, protect and bless all those who are on holidays .
Re-create them in body, mind and spirit.
Help them to let go, to step of the treadmill of stress and predictable routine.
Help us all to create a “Sabbath space” in our hearts, our lives and our relationships.
Trocaire 2023
During Lent we are called to share our resources with the poor.
‘Overcoming poverty is not a taskof charity,
it is an act of justice.
Like slavery and apartheid, poverty is not natural.
It is man-made and it can be overcome and
eradicated by theactions of human beings.
Sometimes it falls on a generation to be great.
You can be that great [...]
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