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The offering of prayer late in the evening, by laity, religious orders or clergy, often called Compline, has sometimes been described as the ‘goodnight prayer of the Church’.

It rounds off the day and prepares us for a quiet night.

As the psalmist wrote: I lie down in peace and take rest my rest for it is in God alone that I dwell unafraid.

Night Prayer derives its content from the wisdom of the centuries in Scripture and above all in the psalms, but also from contemporary Christian experience of God. It celebrates the awareness that each of us who tries to pray is a part of the human whole. So we are taken over the threshold from daytime, not in a mood of self-centered spirituality, but as representatives of humanity, acknowledging our creaturehood before God.

Here is the introduction (approach) to Night Prayer:

Approach Leader: The angels of God guard us through the night,
People: and quieten the powers of darkness.

Leader: The Spirit of God be our guide
People: to lead us to peace and to glory.

Leader: It is but lost labour that we haste to rise up early, and so late take rest, and eat the bread of anxiety. For those beloved of God are given gifts even while they sleep.

Leader: My brothers and sisters, our help is in the name of the eternal God
People: who is making the heavens and earth.

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Eternal Spirit,
Earth-maker, Pain-bearer, Life-giver,
Source of all that is and that shall be,
Father and Mother of us all,
Loving God, in whom is heaven:

The hallowing of your name echo through the universe!
The way of your justice be followed by the peoples
of the world!
Your heavenly will be done by all created beings!
Your commonwealth of peace and freedom
sustain our hope and come on earth.

With the bread we need for today, feed us.
In the hurts we absorb from one another, forgive us.
In times of temptation and test, strengthen us.
From trials too great to endure, spare us.
From the grip of all that is evil, free us.

For you reign in the glory of the power that is love,
now and for ever. Amen.

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A New Zealand Prayer Book

Our Fathersave us from the time of trial,and deliver us from evil.Giver of the present, hope for the future:save us from the time of trial.When prophets warn us of doom,of catastrophe and of suffering beyond belief,then, God, free us from our helplessness,and deliver us from evil.Save us from our arrogance and folly.for you are God who created the world;you have redeemed us and you are our salvation. Amen.

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Nuevo Amanacer 2018, Kanuga, North Carolina

O God, you made us in your own image and redeemed us through Jesus your Son: Look with compassion on the whole human family; take away the arrogance and hatred which infect our hearts; break down the walls that separate us; unite us in bonds of love; and work through our struggle and confusion to accomplish your purposes on earth; that, in your good time, all nations and races may serve you in harmony around your heavenly throne; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

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Copán Ruins, Western Honduras

Grant unto us, O Lord, the gift of modesty. When we speak, teach us to give our opinions quietly and sincerely. When we do well in work or play, give us a sense of proportion, that we be neither unduly elated nor foolishly self-deprecatory. Help us in success to realize what we owe to thee and to the efforts of others; in failure, to avoid dejection; and in all ways to be simple and natural, quiet in manner and lowly in thought: through Christ.

  • Joseph L. Bernardin (in the Oxford Book of Prayer)

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Oh God, you made us in your own image and redeemed us through Jesus your Son: Look with compassion on the whole human family; take away the arrogance and hatred which infect our hearts; break down the walls that separate us; unite us in bonds of love; and work through our struggle and confusion to accomplish your purposes on earth; that, in your good time, all nations and races may serve you in harmony around your heavenly throne; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

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Grant, O God, that your holy and life-giving Spirit may so move every human heart [and especially the hearts of the people of this land], that barriers which divide us may crumble, suspicions disappear, and hatreds cease; that our divisions being healed, we may live in justice and peace; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.
- Book of Common Prayer, 1979, pg 823

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Men at the Western Wall, Israel, 2011

O God, who created all peoples in your image, we thank you
for the wonderful diversity of races and cultures in this world.
Enrich our lives by ever-widening circles of fellowship, and
show us your presence in those who differ most from us, until
our knowledge of your love is made perfect in our love for all
your children; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

- Book of Common Prayer (1979), pg 840

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Leeds Castle, England

We give you thanks, most gracious God, for the beauty of
earth and sky and sea; for the richness of mountains, plains,
and rivers; for the songs of birds and the loveliness of flowers.
We praise you for these good gifts, and pray that we may
safeguard them for our posterity. Grant that we may continue
to grow in our grateful enjoyment of your abundant creation,
to the honor and glory of your Name, now and for ever. Amen.

  • Book of Common Prayer (1979), pg 840

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Hampton Court Palace, England

O God our heavenly Father, you have blessed us and given us dominion over all the earth: Increase our reverence before the mystery of life; and give us new insight into your purposes for the human race, and new wisdom and determination in making provision for its future in accordance with your will; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

- Book of Common Prayer, pg 828

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Sunrise, Island of Kos, 2014

This is another day, O Lord. I know not what it will bring forth, but make me ready, Lord, for whatever it may be.

If I am to stand up, help me to stand bravely. If I am to sit still, help me to sit quietly. If I am to lie low, help me to do it patiently. And if I am to do nothing, let me do it gallantly.

Make these words more than words, and give me the Spirit of Jesus. Amen.

-       Book of Common Prayer, pg. 461

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May God the Father bless you, God the Son heal you, God the Holy Spirit give you strength.  May God the holy and undivided Trinity guard your body, save your soul, and bring you safely to his heavenly country; where he lives and reigns for ever and ever.  Amen.

- Book of Common Prayer, 1979, pg 460

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O heavenly Father, you give your children sleep for the

refreshing of soul and body: Grant me this gift, I pray; keep

me in that perfect peace which you have promised to those

whose minds are fixed on you; and give me such a sense of

your presence, that in the hours of silence I may enjoy the

blessed assurance of your love; through Jesus Christ our

Lord.  Amen.

-Book of Common Prayer, 1979, pg 461

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O God of peace,

who hast taught us that in returning and rest we shall be saved, in quietness and in confidence shall be our strength:

By the might of thy Spirit lift us,
we pray thee,
to thy presence,
where we may be still and know that thou art God;
through Jesus Christ our Lord.
Amen.

-Book of Common Prayer, 1979, pg 832

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Almighty God, who hast given us this good land for our heritage: We humbly beseech Thee that we may always prove ourselves a people mindful of Thy favor and glad to do Thy will. Bless our land with honorable industry, sound learning, and pure manners. Save us from violence, discord, and confusion; from pride and arrogance, and from every evil way. Defend our liberties, and fashion into one united people the multitudes brought hither out of many kindreds and tongues. Endue with the spirit of wisdom those to whom in Thy name we entrust the authority of government, that there may be justice and peace at home, and that, through obedience to Thy law, we may show forth Thy praise among the nations of the earth. In the time of prosperity, fill our hearts with thankfulness, and in the day of trouble, suffer not our trust in Thee to fail; all which we ask through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

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Sea of Galilee, Israel

Let us give thanks to God our Father for all his gifts so freely bestowed upon us.
For the beauty and wonder of your creation, in earth and sky and sea.
We thank you, Lord.

For all that is gracious in the lives of men and women, revealing the image of Christ,
We thank you, Lord.

For our daily food and drink, our homes and families, and our friends,
We thank you, Lord.

For minds to think, and hearts to love, and hands to serve,
We thank you, Lord.

For health and strength to work, and leisure to rest and play,
We thank you, Lord.

For the brave and courageous, who are patient in suffering and faithful in adversity,
We thank you, Lord.

For all valiant seekers after truth, liberty, and justice,
We thank you, Lord.

For the communion of saints, in all times and places,
We thank you, Lord.

Above all, we give you thanks for the great mercies and promises given to us in Christ Jesus our Lord;
To him be praise and glory, with you, O Father, and the Holy Spirit, now and for ever. Amen.

  • Book of Common Prayer, pg. 837

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SUNY@Geneseo

God the source of all our inspiration,
help us to understand ourselves, our world and you;
and grant to those who teach us and our children
respect for others’ inventiveness and questioning,
and for themselves commitment to truth.

  • New Zealand Prayer Book, pg. 140

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We must be like newborn babes,
always thirsty for spiritual milk,
so that we may grow up to be saved.

Our hearts and minds must be made completely new;
we must get rid of that old self, which made us live as we did;
we must put on the new self, created in God’s likeness,
revealed in the true life which is upright and holy.

  • New Zealand Prayer Book, pg. 127

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Be present, Spirit of God,
within us, your dwelling place and home,
that this house may be one where
all darkness is penetrated by your light,
all troubles calmed by your peace,
all evil redeemed by your love,
all pain transformed in your suffering,
and all dying glorified in your risen life. Amen.

-New Zealand Prayer Book, pg. 183

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Ash Wednesday prayer from New Zealand

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today is over; let us look expectantly to a new day

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Families of Sick Persons need our prayers

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Heavenly Father, you give your children sleep for the refreshing of body and soul: grant us this gift; keep us in that perfect peace which you have promised to those whose minds are fixed on you; and grant that in the hours of silence we may enjoy the assurance of your love; through Jesus Christ our Saviour. Amen

  • An Anglican Prayer Book, South Africa, pg. 499

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For Those Who Tend the Sick

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We are commanded to pray for our enemies

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Table Mountain, Cape Town, South Africa

O God, our heavenly Father, whose glory fills the whole
 creation, and whose presence we find wherever we go: Preserve
 those who travel; surround
 them with your loving care; protect them from every danger;
 and bring them in safety to their journey's end; through 
Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

  • Book of Common Prayer, pg. 831

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Prayer Beads

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For the riches, control and blessings of this life

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An ancient ritural of laying on of hands brings comfort today

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Prayer for Those Who Find themselves alone

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Book of Common Prayer, pg 253

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Prayer for those critically ill

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by Edward Carpenter

Chicago Lake 2011

Let your mind be quiet, realising the beauty of the world,
and the immense, the boundless treasures that it holds in store.


All that you have within you, all that your heart desires,

all that your Nature so specially fits you for 
that or the
counterpart of it waits embedded in the great Whole, for you.

It will surely come to you.

Yet equally surely not one moment before its appointed time
will it come. All your crying and fever and reaching out of

hands will make no difference.

Therefore do not begin that game at all.
Do not recklessly spill the waters of your mind

in this direction and in that,

lest you become like a spring lost and
dissipated in the desert.

But draw them together into a little compass, and hold them
still, so still;

And let them become clear, so clear – so limpid, so mirror-like;
at last the mountains and the sky shall glass themselves in
peaceful beauty,

and the antelope shall to descend to drink and to gaze at her
reflected image,
and the lion to quench his thirst,

and Love himself shall come and bend over and catch his
own likeness in you.

  • New Zealand Prayer Book, pg. 157

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New Zealand Prayer Book- For God's Work

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Prayer for Armed Forces on Memorial Day 2013

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New Zealand Prayer Book- Morning Prayer, Wednesday

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"Look with mercy, O God our Father, on all whose increasing

years bring them weakness, distress, or isolation.  Provide for

them homes of dignity and peace; give them understanding

helpers, and the willingness to accept help; and, as their

strength diminishes, increase their faith and their assurance

of your love.  This we ask in the name of Jesus Christ our

Lord."     Amen.

Book of Common Prayer, 1979, p 830

For the Aged- (click here for MP3 file)

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"God our Father, you see your children growing up in an

unsteady and confusing world: Show them that your ways

give more life than the ways of the world, and that following

you is better than chasing after selfish goals. Help them to

take failure, not as a measure of their worth, but as a chance

for a new start. Give them strength to hold their faith in you,

and to keep alive their joy in your creation; through Jesus

Christ our Lord."  Amen.

Book of Common Prayer, 1979, p 829

For Young Persons- (click here for MP3 file)

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Almighty God, who hast promised to hear the petitions of 
those who ask in thy Son's Name: We beseech thee mercifully
 to incline thine ear to us who have now made our prayers and
 supplications unto thee; and grant that those things which we
 have faithfully asked according to thy will, may effectually be
obtained, to the relief of our necessity, and to the setting forth 
of thy glory; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

Book of Common Prayer, 1979, pg 834

For the Answering of Prayer- (click here for MP3 file)

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Almighty God, the fountain of all wisdom: Enlighten by your 
Holy Spirit those who teach and those who learn, that, rejoicing in the knowledge of your truth, they may worship 
you and serve you from generation to generation; through 
Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the 
Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever. Amen.

Book of Common Prayer, pg. 261

For Education- (click here for MP3 file)

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“Almighty God, Father of everlasting mercy

we entrust all who are dear to us

to your never-failing care and love

both for this life and for the life to come

knowing that you are doing for them

things beyond all that we can ask or think;

through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.”

Anglican Prayer Book, Southern Africa, pg 92

For Family and Friends- (click here for MP3 file)

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"O God, in the course of this busy life, give us times of refreshment and peace; and grant that we may so use our leisure to rebuild our bodies and renew our minds, that our spirits may be opened to the goodness of your creation; through Jesus Christ our Lord."  *Amen.*

Book of Common Prayer, 1979, pg 825

For the Good Use of Leisure- (click here for MP3 file)

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Jesus, may all that is you flow into me.

May your body and blood be my food and drink.

May your passion and death be my strength and life.

Jesus, with you by my side enough has been given.

May the shelter I seek be the shadow of your cross.

Let me not run from the love which you offer

But hold me safe from the forces of evil.

On each of my dyings shed your light and your love.

Keep calling to me until that day comes

when, with your saints, I may praise you for ever.

Amen.

Anglican Prayer Book, 1989, Anglican Church of Southern Africa, pg 516

Spiritual Communion- (click here for MP3 file)

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Jesus said to Thomas, `Have you believed because you have seen me?  Blessed are those who have not seen and yet believe.'

John 20:29

Almighty and everliving God,

your Son's resurrection was doubted

by the apostle Thomas;

grant that though we cannot see Jesus,

we may learn to put our whole trust in him,

our Lord and our God.

Christ our light,

like Thomas we need to see,

need to touch,

need to be sure before we believe.

When we don't know, help us to trust;

when we can't see, help us to keep on walking.

Amen.

New Zealand Prayer Book, pg 673

St. Thomas- (click here for MP3 file)

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"Blessed Lord, who caused all holy Scriptures to be written for our learning: Grant us so to hear them, read, mark, learn, and inwardly digest them, that we may embrace and ever hold fast the blessed hope of everlasting life, which you have given us in our Savior Jesus Christ; who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever. Amen."

Book of Common Prayer, pg. 236

For All Holy Scripture- (click here for MP3 file)

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Spirit of justice, creator Spirit

Help us to make and keep this country

A home for all its different peoples,

And grant to our government and all its representatives

Imagination, skill and energy

That there may grow amongst us aroha and peace.

(aroha means love in New Zealand Maori language)

We make this prayer through Jesus Christ. Amen.

New Zealand Book of Prayer- pg 138

For Good Government- (click here for MP3 file)

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Eternal God, Fount of wisdom;

we ask you to bless the representatives we have elected;

grant that through their discussions and decisions

we may solve our problems effectively,

enhance the well-being of our nation,

and achieve together a fairer and more united society.

We make this prayer through Jesus Christ. Amen.

New Zealand Book of Prayer, pg. 139

For Those Who Govern- (click here for MP3 file)

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Almighty and everlasting God, you are always more ready to hear than we to pray, and to give more than we either desire or deserve: Pour upon us the abundance of your mercy, forgiving us those things of which our conscience is afraid, and giving us those good things for which we are not worthy to ask, except through the merits and mediation of Jesus Christ our Savior; who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever. Amen.

Collect-Oct 7 2012- (click here for MP3 file)

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"O God, you have bound us together in a common life. Help us, 
in the midst of our struggles for justice and truth, to confront 
one another without hatred or bitterness, and to work 
together with mutual forbearance and respect; through Jesus
 Christ our Lord."

Amen.

Book of Common Prayer, pg 824

In Times of Conflict- (click here for MP3 file)

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Heavenly Father, we remember before you those who suffer want and anxiety from lack of work. Guide the people of this land so to use our public and private wealth that all may find suitable and fulfilling employment, and receive just payment for their labor; through Jesus Christ our Lord.

Amen

Book of Common Prayer, pg 824

For the Unemployed- (click here for MP3 file)

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Gracious God we pray for N____ and N____ and give thanks that you have brought them together in marriage.

Spirit of God bless this marriage.

We thank you for the love and care which, through their parents, has guided N and N to maturity, and prepared them for this commitment.

Spirit of God bless this marriage.

Help them to be wise and loving parents and to grow together in faithfulness and honesty, in mutual support and patience.

Spirit of God bless this marriage.

Make their life together a sign of your love in this broken world; may forgiveness heal injury and joy triumph over sorrow.

Spirit of God bless this marriage.

Be with them in their work and renew them in their leisure.

Spirit of God bless this marriage.

May they welcome into their home both friends and strangers and so reflect Christ's love for all people.

Spirit of God bless this marriage.

In all their future together may they enjoy each other's lives and grow through the love they share.

Amen.

A New Zealand Prayer Book, pg 798

Prayer to Celebrate a Marriage- (click here for MP3 file)

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Jesus said,

Jesus said, 'I am the resurrection and the life; even in death,

anyone who believes in me, will live.' John 11:25

We commend your servant to you, God,

as s/he journeys beyond our sight.

God of all consolation,

in your unending love and mercy you turn the darkness of death into the dawn of new life.

Your Son, our Lord Jesus Christ,

by dying for us, conquered death,

and by rising again, restored life.

May we not be afraid of death but desire to be with Christ,

and after our life on earth,

to be with those we love,

where every tear is wiped away and all things are made new.

We ask this through Jesus Christ.

Amen.

New Zealand Prayer Book, pg 823

Prayer Before a Funeral- (click here for MP3 file)

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O God, whom saints and angels delight to worship in heaven: Be ever present with your servants who seek through art and music to perfect the praises offered by your people on earth; and grant to them even now glimpses of your beauty, and make them worthy at length to behold it unveiled for evermore; through Jesus Christ our Lord.  Amen.

(Book of Common Prayer, 1979, page 819)

For Church Musicians and Artists- (click here for MP3 file)

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God of seed and growth and harvest,

creator of need, creator of satisfaction;

give us, we pray, our daily bread,

sufficient and assured for all.

Give us also, we pray, the bread of life,

and we shall have a care to feed the hungry.

and to seek for peace and justice in the world.

Help us, then, to remember and to know

that you are our life today and every day;

you are the food we need, now and for ever.

Look kindly, all-seeing God,

On all who spend this night in anxiety or pain.

Be with those who will die tonight.

Look kindly on those who are without food or shelter,

on those who have no love.

Your will is that we should have life, and share it.

Be present, merciful God,

and protect us through the silent hours of this night,

that we, who are wearied

by the changes and chances of this fleeting world,

may rest upon your eternal changelessness.

Amen.

A New Zealand Prayer Book, pg. 128

Daily Devotion: Thursday Evening- (click here for MP3 file)

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Eternal God, from whom all holy desires, all good

counsels and all just works proceed:

give your servants that peace

which the world cannot give

that our hearts may be set to obey your commandments

and that, free from the fear of our enemies

we may pass our time in rest and quietness;

through the merits of Jesus Christ our Saviour.

Amen.

An Anglican Prayer Book (South Africa), 1989, page 61 

Collect for Peace- (click here for MP3 file)

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Be Satisfied with Me

Attributed to: St. Anthony of Padua

Everyone longs to give themselves completely to someone,

To have a deep soul relationship with another,

To be loved thoroughly and exclusively.

But to a Christian, God says, "No, not until you are satisfied,

Fulfilled and content with being loved by Me alone,

With giving yourself totally and unreservedly to Me.

With having an intensely personal and unique relationship with Me alone.

Discovering that only in Me is your satisfaction to be found,

Will you be capable of the perfect human relationship,

That I have planned for you.

You will never be united to another

Until you are united with Me.

Exclusive of anyone or anything else.

Exclusive of any other desires or longings.

I want you to stop planning, to stop wishing, and allow Me to give you

The most thrilling plan existing . . . one you cannot imagine.

I want you to have the best. Please allow Me to bring it to you.

You just keep watching Me, expecting the greatest things.

Keep experiencing the satisfaction that I am.

Keep listening and learning the things that I tell you.

Just wait, that's all. Don't be anxious, don't worry

Don't look around at things others have gotten

Or that I have given them

Don't look around at the things you think you want,

Just keep looking off and away up to Me,

Or you'll miss what I want to show you.

And then, when you're ready, I'll surprise you with a love

Far more wonderful than you could dream of.

You see, until you are ready, and until the one I have for you is ready,

I am working even at this moment

To have both of you ready at the same time.

Until you are both satisfied exclusively with Me

And the life I prepared for you,

You won't be able to experience the love that exemplified your relationship with Me.

And this is perfect love.

And dear one, I want you to have this most wonderful love,

I want you to see in the flesh a picture of your relationship with Me.

And to enjoy materially and concretely the everlasting union of beauty, perfection and love that I offer you with Myself.

Know that I love you utterly. I AM God.

Believe it and be satisfied.

Be Satisfied With Me- (click here for MP3 file)

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This is the beginning of a new day. God has given me this day to use as I will. I can waste it or use it for good. What I do today is important because I’m exchanging a day of my life for it. When tomorrow comes, this day will be gone forever, leaving in its place something I have traded for it. I want it to be gain, not loss; good, not evil; success, not failure; in order that I shall not regret the price I paid for it.

From: The Monks of the Abbey of the Genesee., Piffard, NY, 2012

Prayer: For Today- (click here for MP3 file

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God our Father

Look with compassion upon those

who through addiction to drugs or alcohol

have lost their health and freedom:

remove the fears that bind them

strengthen them in their recovery

assure them of your love

and give them friends to support them;

through Jesus Christ our Lord.

Amen.

An Anglican Prayer Book of Southern Africa, 1989, page 90

Healing Prayer: Addiction- (click here for MP3 file)

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Almighty God, our heavenly Father, who settest the solitary in families: We commend to your continual care the homes in which your people dwell.

Put far from them, we ask you, every root of bitterness, the desire of vainglory, and the pride of life. Fill them with faith, virtue, knowledge, temperance, patience, godliness. Knit together in constant affection those who, in holy wedlock, have been made one flesh.

Turn the hearts of the parents to the children, and the hearts of the children to the parents; and so enkindle fervent charity among us all, that we may evermore be kindly affectioned one to another; through Jesus Christ our Lord.

Amen.
The Book of Common Prayer, 1979, pg 828

Healing Prayer: For Families- (click here for MP3 file)

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Accept, O Lord, our thanks and praise for all that you have 
done for us. We thank you for the splendor of the whole 
creation, for the beauty of this world, for the wonder of life, and for the mystery of love.

We thank you for the blessing of family and friends, and for 
the loving care which surrounds us on every side.

We thank you for setting us at tasks which demand our best 
efforts, and for leading us to accomplishments which satisfy 
and delight us.

We thank you also for those disappointments and failures
 that lead us to acknowledge our dependence on you alone.

Above all, we thank you for your Son Jesus Christ; for the
 truth of his Word and the example of his life; for his steadfast 
obedience, by which he overcame temptation; for his dying,
 through which he overcame death; and for his rising to life
 again, in which we are raised to the life of your kingdom.

Grant us the gift of your Spirit, that we may know him and 
make him known; and through him, at all times and in all 
places, may give thanks to you in all things. Amen.

The Book of Common Prayer, 1979, pg. 836

Prayer: Of Thanksgiving- (click here for MP3 file)

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O Father of mercies and God of all comfort, our only help in time of need: We humbly ask you to behold, visit and relieve your sick servant for whom our prayers our desired.

Look upon them with the eyes of your mercy; comfort them with a sense of your goodness; preserve them from the temptations of the enemy; and give them patience under their affliction.

In your good time, restore them to health, and enable them to lead the rest of their life in your fear, and to your glory; and grant that finally they may dwell with thee in life everlasting;

through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

Book of Common Prayer, 1979, page 458

Healing Prayer: For the Sick- (click here for MP3 file)

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O God, the author of peace and lover of concord

To know you is eternal life

To serve you is perfect freedom:

Defend us your servants from all assaults of our enemies

That we may trust in your defence

And not fear the power of any adversaries;

Through Jesus Christ our Lord.

Amen

An Anglican Prayer Book 1989, page 51

Healing Prayer- Peace- (click here for MP3 file)

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I am a lay Healing Prayer Minister at my church in Nashville where we offer Healing Prayer Services and Individual Prayers every Sunday and Wednesday. Private and public prayer is the foundation for my faith. When I pray, it is like talking with a close friend. I’ve experienced physical, emotional and spiritual healing through prayers of good friends, and although my prayers are often answered differently than I expect, this constant conversation with God reinforces that He loves me and wants me!

God cares enough to listen when we speak and He does respond. He desires to hear from us, no matter what our mood or concerns! He also wants us to set aside prayer time to listen for His voice as he speaks wisdom to us through prayer.

On this website page, you’ll find prayers for different needs, and also prayers of thanksgiving, adoration and praise. I’ll post stories about healing experiences that have resulted from our prayers.

We’ll start each prayer with a few moments of silence to prepare and open our hearts. Each prayer has a downloadable podcast (MP3 file) or you can sign up for the podcast in iTUNES here:

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I hope these prayers will bless you, your family and friends; Jesus said that our prayers can even move mountains!

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And Jesus answered them, “Truly, I say to you, if you have faith and do not doubt, you will not only do what has been done to the fig tree, but even if you say to this mountain, Be taken up and thrown into the sea,’ it will happen. Andwhatever you ask in prayer, you will receive, if you have faith.”

Matthew 21:21-22

Blessings, my friend,

Agatha

A List of Prayer Titles and Stories of Healing

Healing Prayer- (click here for MP3 file)

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FORGIVENESS

"God our light,

Make your Church like a rainbow

Shining and proclaiming to all the world

That the storm is at an end,

There is peace for those who seek it

And love for the forgiving."

A New Zealand Prayer Book, page 577

HEALING PRAYER: FORGIVENESS (Click here for MP3 file)