Authors: Wendy MacLean

Illumination du cierge pascal suivi d’un moment de silence. Seigneur, prends pitié. Christ, prends pitié. Que notre prière silencieuse et les mouvements de nos cœurs soient un baume apaisant sur les blessures de notre monde, dans l’amitié et même l’inimitié, par ta grâce. Que ton amour manifesté en Jésus soit...

The Christ candle is lit. A time of silence is held. Lord, have mercy. Christ, have mercy. May our silent prayer and our overflowing hearts be a healing balm in a hurting world, for friend and enemy, by your grace. May we be united in the love you show us...

Holy One, as we receive your word today, reach into our hearts and plant your love in us. Reach into our experience and find the unexplored places that need healing and understanding. Reach into our faith with your gospel and shape us with your word of life. Prepare us to...

In a world divided by so many possibilities and perspectives, Lord, help us to be a place of care and respect for others, even if our ways are strange to each other. May your example, in Jesus, show us how to welcome strangers and bridge divides. May your generous spirit...

Glory to you, Creator and keeper of all life. We thank you for these gifts of creation, your offering that we do not see but that we trust as your gifts coming to us, and being returned to you, in actions of kindness, prayers, and ministry. In these days as...

Holy One, reach into our hearts and plant your love in us. Reach into our experience and find the unexplored places that need healing and understanding. Reach into our faith with your gospel and shape us with your word of life. Prepare us to serve you, imitating Christ as your...

Loving God, Creator, and keeper of all life, we praise you this day. In each opening bud, in each blossoming tree, you invite us to experience your presence and to find ourselves as part of all life. You, our maker, nourish us with beauty and ancient words of wisdom. We...