Word/Image: Zeal

Look down from heaven and see,
    from your lofty throne, holy and glorious.
Where are your zeal and your might?
    Your tenderness and compassion are withheld from us.
Psalm 63:15

Father of Glory, Jesus of Compassion, and Holy Spirit of Love, enkindle a blazing fire in us to seek You, know You, and love You with all of our heart, mind, soul, and strength. You are the Alpha and the Omega – the beginning and the end of everything. Help us to lock onto the beacon call of Your Divine Law of Love. Draw us into the mysteries of Creation’s Purpose and grant us a clear discernment of how we are to serve You as co-creators within Your Perfect Will. Oh, Lord fill us with Your burning Joy that comes from participating in magnifying Your Goodness and Glory that resides in our souls. We praise You, and we thank You for ordering all things according to the Tenderness, Compassion, and Power of Your Love. Father may we be consumed with a zeal for Your House.* Jesus give us the strength to stand our ground against every spiritual assault. And Beautiful Spirit transform our zeal into acts of mercy and love that imitate the life of Jesus. To You Oh God we lift up our souls.** AMEN.

* Psalm 69:9 & John 2:17
** Psalm 25: 1

Word/Image: All Souls Day

What good will it be for someone to gain the whole world, yet forfeit their soul? Or what can anyone give in exchange for their soul? For the Son of Man is going to come in his Father’s glory with his angels, and then he will reward each person according to what they have done.
Matthew 16: 26-27

Father the Craftsman of our souls, Jesus King of our souls, and Holy Spirit the Animator of our souls, instill in us a deep sensitivity to the needs of our eternal vessels that one day soon will return to You for our judgment. Help us align our life and mission to the cultivation and preservation of our souls. Thank you for lavishing our souls with Your endless blessings of Mercy and Love. Grant us a sense of urgency in being watchers, keepers, and encouragers of each other’s souls. We ask You to bless the souls of the faithful departed. Hear our prayers for all the members of our family, especially for those through whom You have brought us into being. By the Power of the Precious Blood of Christ, we ask forgiveness for family, friends, and members of our community who are waiting to see You face to face.  Father, You are our deepest longing. Jesus, please take us by the hand and leads us to heaven. And Beautiful Spirit, flood our souls with everlasting Light and Love. “Praise the Lord, my soul; all my inmost being, praise his holy name.”* AMEN

* Psalm 103:1

Word/Image: Particular Judgment

I have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, I have kept the faith. Now there is in store for me the crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous Judge, will award to me on that day—and not only to me, but also to all who have longed for his appearing.
2 Timothy 4: 7-8

Father Keeper of the Book of Life, Jesus our Judge and King, and Holy Spirit the Law of Love, help us take account of our failings. Show us how to embrace the mystery of death as the door to our eternal life. Please shine the Light of Your Truth on us. Let us see how and where we are falling short of growing in Your Love. Despite how it feels at times, we recognize that our run in this race is very short. We thank you for the gift of each moment to surrender in faith to the healing touch of Your Merciful Hands. Increase our desire to repent of any ways that are keeping us from knowing You. Father count us among Your elect. Jesus please give us the strength to follow You no matter what the cost. And Beautiful Spirit, grant us Communion with everlasting Peace, Joy and Love. “The Lord reigns forever; he has established his throne for judgment.”*

* Psalm 9:7

Word/Image: Garden

For as the soil makes the sprout come up
    and a garden causes seeds to grow,
so the Sovereign Lord will make righteousness
    and praise spring up before all nations.
Isaiah 61:11

Father Creator of All, Jesus the Door from death to Life, and Holy Spirit Mover of our hearts and shaker of our spirits, sow Your seeds of Love in us. Enrich the soil of our lives with the fertilizer of Your Wisdom. Water us with Your Kindness and Patience. Activate our potential with bright warm crisscrossing beams of Your Son. Cultivate every spurt of our growth into flowers rich with engaging compassion. May the roots of our blossoming create a network of growth in faith and hope that result in a profusion of Your Sweet Truth. Let the voices of Your Children ring with thanksgiving and praise throughout the land. Lord, set the earth on Holy Fire with Your Precious Blood spilled in the Garden. Father we embrace Your Divine Law of the Garden of no sin and Endless Beginnings. Jesus walk with us in the Garden and help us to hear and heed Your Voice.  And Beautiful Spirit gather us into fragrant imperishable bouquets to share with each other. “My flesh and my heart may fail, but God is the strength of my heart and my portion forever.”*

* Psalm 73:26
A favorite hymn about gardens: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9aIhta9exts 

Word/Image: Friendship

My command is this: Love each other as I have loved you. Greater love has no one than this: to lay down one’s life for one’s friends. You are my friends if you do what I command. I no longer call you servants, because a servant does not know his master’s business. Instead, I have called you friends, for everything that I learned from my Father I have made known to you.
John 15: 12-15

Father Master of Heaven, Jesus Servant of Love and Prince of Peace, and Holy Spirit, Blessed Adjudicator of every relationship, infuse our hearts with the sweetness of Sacred Friendships. Draw us to all the people You have selected to walk in faith with us. Teach us how to be instruments of Your Love. Instill in us an unquenchable desire to serve every person You place on our paths. Show us how to be Your blessing to others. Please grant us gentle spirits full of kindness, gentleness, patience, and compassion. Protect our precious relationships from envy, judgment, and selfishness. When Your word of correction must be spoken, please provide us with a disposition of humility, and give us what we are to say. Grace us with opportunities for fellowship and prayer with other brothers and sisters seeking Your Face. Father, we want to embody Your Command of Love to become agencies of Your Will. Jesus, we cannot wait to accept Your welcoming embrace into Your Kingdom. And Beautiful Spirit we thank You for lavishing us with Gifts of Love. “For the Lord is Good and His Love endures forever; His Faithfulness continues through all generations.”* AMEN

* Psalm 100:5

Word/Image: The Great AHA

And let us run with perseverance the race marked out for us, fixing our eyes on Jesus, the pioneer and perfecter of faith. For the joy set before him he endured the cross, scorning its shame, and sat down at the right hand of the throne of God. Consider him who endured such opposition from sinners, so that you will not grow weary and lose heart.
Hebrews 12: 2-3

Father of Glory, Jesus Pioneer of Truth and Glory, and Holy Spirit, Light of Glory in Action, open our eyes to see Your Door of Mercy waiting for us. Let us not delay in accepting, embracing, and thanking you for the Power, Might, and Wonders of Your Love. Brandish Your Name on the hearts of our souls. We await the glorious day when in Your Mercy every person on Earth whether they have confessed You as the Lord, God, and Savior or not, will see Your Endless Love and Glory on the cross. Soften our human wills propped up by facades of pride. Let every person melt with eager repentance and adopt the angels’ songs of praise and joy. Father, we know You will keep moving Your Human Creatures closer and closer to the bosom of Your Heart. Jesus, we bend our knees in adoration at the sight of Your Radiant Holy Cross stained with Your Precious Blood. And Beautiful Spirit we inhale the Fire of Your Love to be united in Communion with the Great AHA. “Answer me quickly, Lord; my spirit fails. Do not hide your face from me or I will be like those who go down to the pit. Let the morning bring me word of your unfailing love, for I have put my trust in you. Show me the way I should go, for to you I entrust my life.”*

* Psalm 143: 7-8

Word/Image: “Do not be afraid”

Rejoice in the Lord always. I will say it again: Rejoice! Let your gentleness be evident to all. The Lord is near. Do not be anxious about anything, but in every situation, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God. And the peace of God, which transcends all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.
Philippians 4: 4-7

Father of Infinite Comfort, Jesus our Steady Hand in all things and at all times, and Holy Spirit Bringer of timely gifts and graces, free us from fear. Help us grow in faith. You work sign after sign in our lives and yet we are quick to forget. Why do doubts follow us like shadows permanently attached to our weak hearts? Grant us vigorous grace and reckless hope in You. May Your silent Hand of Poetry and Story touching our lives become our constant spiritual food of vitality. May our treasure chest full of memories of Your Kindness and Goodness blessing our lives be our Light of Truth in our darker moments. Stare down every fear that seeks to devour us. Replace our fears with Your Peace. Father, help us give everything to You without pause, and without question, no matter how impossible or difficult things may become. Precious Jesus, we place our trust in You. And Beautiful Spirit, multiple the fruits of our life carried on Your Wings of Love. “The Lord is my light and my salvation— whom shall I fear? The Lord is the stronghold of my life— of whom shall I be afraid?”* AMEN

*Psalm 27:1

Word/Image: Defile

To the pure, all things are pure; but to those who are defiled and unbelieving, nothing is pure, but both their mind and their conscience are defiled. They claim to know God, but by their actions they deny him. They are detestable, disobedient and unfit for doing anything good.

Father of All Goodness, Jesus Pure Man and Pure God, and Holy Spirit Cleansing, Consuming Fire of Love, purge us of habits of mind, body and spirit that dishonor You. Help us to take careful inventory of the things we say, the things we think, the things we intend, the things we do, and all the things that occupy the secret recesses of our hearts. Lord shower us in Your Mercy. Lengthen the gaze of our spirits’ eyes that we might see with greater acuity the Wonders of Your Goodness and Love working in all things. Bless us with humility. Show us how to embrace our poorness in spirit to be ready to enter into Your Kingdom. Give us the desire to be obedient to Your Word and Your Divine Law of Love. Fill the temples of our hearts and spirits with Your Joy. Father strengthen us in Faith that we might be free of unbelief. Jesus take possession of us and transform us into undefiled temples of Your Love. And Beautiful Spirit protect us with Your Wisdom and Light. “Create in me a pure heart, O God, and renew a steadfast spirit within me.”* AMEN

* Psalm 51:10

November 9^th,2021

Word/Image: Fall

The Lord makes firm the steps
of the one who delights in him;
though he may stumble, he will not fall,
for the Lord upholds him with his hand.
Psalm 37: 23-24

Father Your Arms are our Guardrails, Jesus You Fall for us over and over again, and Holy Spirit You bring the Winds of Mercy to soften our falls, please hear our prayers. Oh God, You have been leading us on a salvation journey of falls. We understand our relationship with You as a series of falls and reconcillations. We fell in Paradise. Under the weighty Glory of Your Perfect Love the powerful and haughty fall. It’s nothing for You to topple great, earthly kingdoms when they become full of pride and idolatry. We know we will rise again in Christ Jesus to be with You forever but, how many falls will it take for us to come into complete Communion with You? Please do not grow impatient with us. Turn our falls into blessings and grant us contrite hearts. We are not afraid of our falls and failings because, we trust in You. Father pick us up when we fall. Jesus keep us on the path that leads straight to You. And Beautiful Spirit lavish us with Wisdom and Joy. “Though I have fallen, I will rise. Though I sit in darkness, the Lord will be my light.”* AMEN

* Micah 7:8

Word/Image: Test

Consider it all joy, my brethren, when you encounter various trials, knowing that the testing of your faith produces endurance.
James 1: 2-3

Father our Potter, Jesus the Joy of Living Water moistening the clay of our souls, and Holy Spirit the Spinning Motion that brings form and function to our lives, we entrust ourselves to You. We thank you for our trials. Soften our resistance to difficult things. When we are in the throes of feeling lost and hopeless from the anxiety of intractable situations and difficult decisions, help us to remember all the wonderful ways and times You have lifted us up. Please strengthen and purify the gift of Faith that You have planted within us. Teach us how to align our darker and insecure moments of anguish with the sufferings of Jesus Christ. Stretch us to our limits, and grant us the Grace to accept our trials with a willing spirit. We believe ever test You allow or send us, prepares us to give Glory to You forever as citizens of heaven. Father the fruition of thy Will always results in greater expressions of Love. Jesus we praise You for submitting Yourself with obedience to every test of Your Love and Divinity. And Beautiful Spirit free us from every bond of fear. “Test me, Lord, and try me, examine my heart and my mind; for I have always been mindful of your unfailing love and have lived in reliance on your faithfulness.”* AMEN

* Psalm 26: 2-3    

Word/Image: This beautiful scripture/poetry on Wisdom

In Wisdom is a spirit
    intelligent, holy, unique,
Manifold, subtle, agile,
    clear, unstained, certain,
Not baneful, loving the good, keen,
    unhampered, beneficent, kindly,
Firm, secure, tranquil,
    all-powerful, all-seeing,
And pervading all spirits,
    though they be intelligent, pure and very subtle.
For Wisdom is mobile beyond all motion,
    and she penetrates and pervades all things by reason of her purity.
For she is an aura of the might of God
    and a pure effusion of the glory of the Almighty;
    therefore nought that is sullied enters into her.
For she is the refulgence of eternal light,
    the spotless mirror of the power of God,
    the image of his goodness.
And she, who is one, can do all things,
    and renews everything while herself perduring;
And passing into holy souls from age to age,
    she produces friends of God and prophets.
For there is nought God loves, be it not one who dwells with Wisdom.
For she is fairer than the sun
    and surpasses every constellation of the stars.
Compared to light, she takes precedence;
    for that, indeed, night supplants,
    but wickedness prevails not over Wisdom.
Indeed, she reaches from end to end mightily
    and governs all things well.
Wisdom 7: 22-8:1

Word/Image: Declare the Word of the Lord

For the word of God is alive and active. Sharper than any double-edged sword, it penetrates even to dividing soul and spirit, joints and marrow; it judges the thoughts and attitudes of the heart. Nothing in all creation is hidden from God’s sight. Everything is uncovered and laid bare before the eyes of him to whom we must give account.

Hebrews 4: 12-13

Father of the Word, Jesus the fulfillment of the Word, and Holy Spirit, the mover of the Word through our human hearts, minds, spirits, and bodies, grab hold of our sacred imaginations. We praise and thank you for the gift of Your Voice of Wisdom working and teaching us throughout the ages. Your Words Lord are Spirit and Life. Enlighten the eyes of our hearts that we might order our lives according to Your statues. Grant us Your Joy in breaking open Your Word. Help us enter into the stories and lives of those who have gone before us. May Your Word lead us to pursue lives of growing in Holiness. Help us to share Your Word and Love in concrete ways that give Glory to Your Compassion and Mercy. Father, Your Word is sweeter than honey and sheds Perfect Light on all our earthly affairs. Jesus, every Word You have spoken to us will not return empty. We place our hope in Your Word that we know will bring us to eternal Life. And Beautiful Spirit You animate the Word of Truth with Poetry, Song, and Lyrical Joy. “Your word, Lord, is eternal; it stands firm in the heavens.”* AMEN

* Psalm 119:89

Word/Image: Pray Always

Rejoice always, pray continually, give thanks in all circumstances; for this is God’s will for you in Christ Jesus.
1 Thessalonians 5: 16-18

Father of All Prayers, Jesus the voice of our prayers, and Holy Spirit, Advocate of our prayers, open the portals of Heaven and hear our petitions. We lift up our voices. You know our every thought and need before we voice them. Thank you for giving us minds to formulate our prayers. Thank you for giving us hearts to fill our prayers with emotions, hopes, and fears. Thank you for giving us souls to bind our prayers with our eternal connection to You. Sanctify our relationship with You through fruitful, earnest prayers made in Christ Jesus. Let our prayers rise before You like incense. May our prayers never cease to bring blessings to ourselves and others. Grant us lives of prayers rich in charity. Teach us how to turn our lives into an endless prayer with a 1001 different shapes and forms. Grant us humble dispositions that desire Your Presence and Love above all other things. Father accept our offerings of prayers. Jesus help us to follow Your example of prayer. And Beautiful Spirit translate our prayers into the Love music of heaven that gives Glory to God. “The Lord is near to all who call on him, to all who call on him in truth. He fulfills the desires of those who fear him; he hears their cry and saves them.”* AMEN

Psalm 145: 18-19   

Word/Image: Watch & Wait

Keep watch, because you do not know on what day your Lord will come.
Matthew 24:42

Father the Writer of Salvation History, Jesus the Way, the Truth, and the Life, and Holy Spirit, Agency of Love, reset our broken relationships with You. We join all of creation moaning for Your Healing Touch to restore us. Your Holy Silence can be deafening. Grant us the graces of vigilance and patience. We watch, wait, and hope but it often feels like nothing is happening. We are easily discouraged. We allow the world with all of its alluring attractions to distract us. Help us fix our gaze on You. Grant us more opportunities to notice and experience Your Word working in our lives. Transform us into obedient servants always ready to receive You with praise, thanksgiving, joy, and love. Deepen our sensitivities to the signs of the time while we occupy and redeem each precious moment You give to us. Father, ready the way for the fullness of Your redemption. Jesus, we are Your eager, expectant bride. And Beautiful Spirit dress in wedding garments washed in Mercy. “I wait for the Lord, my whole being waits, and in his word I put my hope. I wait for the Lord more than watchmen wait for the morning.” AMEN

* Psalm 130: 5-6

Word/Image: Anchor

We have this hope as an anchor for the soul, firm and secure. It enters the inner sanctuary behind the curtain, where our forerunner, Jesus, has entered on our behalf. He has become a high priest forever, in the order of Melchizedek.

Hebrews 6: 19-20

Father Commander of the Seas of Mercy, Jesus Captain of our Souls, and Holy Spirit Chain of never ending Love, bring stability and stillness to our tempestuous hearts. Lord, how can we navigate that which we cannot see and which is beyond our power to control? Give us prayerful resolve to ride out the seething waters intent on capsizing our fragile ships of faith. Oh, Lord only You can anchor us. Even in the still waters we are adrift. Lower Yourself into the depths of our souls. Grab hold of our silty bottoms and hook us with Your Goodness. Bring us to a resting place on top of Baptismal Waters that cleanse us of our fallen natures. Make us new creations in Christ Jesus. Father we put our life in Your Hands. Jesus You are our High Priest of the most Perfect and Sanctifying sacrifice that sets us free. And Beautiful Spirit You suffuse us with Wisdom, Joy, and Love. “You will keep in perfect peace those whose minds are steadfast, because they trust in you.”* AMEN

*Isaiah 26:3

Word/Image: Proud Hearted

Haughty eyes and a proud heart—
    the unplowed field of the wicked—produce sin.
Proverbs 21:4

Father of Perfect Humility, Jesus meek and humble of Heart, and Holy Spirit our Great Never Ending Amen, cast out the demons of pride that tempt us. We are nothing and can be nothing and can do no good without the Life Line of Your Love. Oh Gracious God, whether we accept Your Love or not, it is always working within us, calling us to participate in greater and fuller expressions of Your Goodness and Glory. Dispel every myth that aggrandizes our importance, or power in this world. We ask for Your Grace to embrace our smallness and vulnerability. Lead us into the Sacred of Jesus who humbled Himself to become one with us; taking on the fullness of our sins. Surround us with the prayers of the angels, saints, and faithful departed who are in Your Presence. Father replace our stony hearts of flesh with gentle, tender, humble, hearts full of Your Spirit. Jesus transform our prideful broken ways into Your Resurrection of New Life. And Beautiful Spirit fill us with the Joy of Eternal Love. “My heart is not proud, Lord, my eyes are not haughty; I do not concern myself with great matters or things too wonderful for me.”* AMEN

* Psalm 131:1

Word/Image: Stand Firm

Therefore, my dear brothers and sisters, stand firm. Let nothing move you. Always give yourselves fully to the work of the Lord, because you know that your labor in the Lord is not in vain.
1 Corinthians 15:38

Father our Mighty Fortress, Jesus our Light of the world, and Holy Spirit our Ethereal Sanctuary of Love and Wisdom, root us with unshakeable faith. Establish us as bastions against the nefarious powers and municipalities of this age. Grab hold of our spirits. Safeguard us from launching vain assaults. If we must endure the most infinitesimal drop of Your Passion, embolden our hearts. Keep us fixed on Your Law that elevates all life to its fullness. We know Your Word obliterates anything that profanes You and the fruition of Your Love. Grant us every Grace we need to joyful do the work of Building Your Kingdom. We praise and thank you for allowing us to be agencies of Your Will. May we be blessings to others and strengthen them in their resolve to know, love, and seek, You with all of their hearts, minds, and souls. Father, we find our strength in You. Jesus, we seek Your Tender Mercy. And Beautiful Spirit, we rely on Your Power of Love to radiate the Glory of God in our spirits. “Your statutes, Lord, stand firm; holiness adorns your house for endless days.”* AMEN

Psalm 93:5

Word/Image: Water from the Temple

Then the angel showed me the river of the water of life, as clear as crystal, flowing from the throne of God and of the Lamb down the middle of the great street of the city.
Revelation 22: 1-2

Father Builder of Temples, Jesus Living Water, and Holy Spirit the bond of Love connecting all things, we celebrate the gift of everlasting Life with You. Restore us in the Sacred Heart of Jesus as Your imperishable children. We await with eager prayers to behold Your Heavenly City of Jerusalem. Prepare Your Church to take its place as Your bride. Protect our participation in the Holy Sacrifice of Mass. Wash us in the Blood of the Lamb. Help us avoid making any assumptions as to what might be asked of us. Grant us supple and willing spirits. Help us surrender everything to You. We know we cannot fathom Your Ways. We trust, that all of Your Ways, will prepare and stretch the capacities of our hearts, minds, and souls to embody more of Your Love. Thank you for the guidance and prayers of our Blessed Mother, guardian angels, and all of the angels and saints. Father, sanctify us through the Precious Blood of Your Son. Jesus transform our unworthy hearts and spirits into Your Temples. And Beautiful Spirit, lavish us with the Fruits and Life of Perfect Love. “With joy you will draw water from the wells of salvation.”* AMEN

* Isaiah 12:3

Word/Image: Indelible Plan

For I know the plans I have for you,” declares the LORD, “plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future.
Jeremiah 29:11

Father Master of our Destiny, Jesus, our Shepherd through unchartered lands, and Holy Spirit, our Guiding Light of Love, unroll the scrolls of our lives in Christ. Help us realize we are blank slates waiting for You to Write Your name on our hearts. We thank you for our minds and use them to imagine possibilities. Lord, we are quick to conceive grand plans to map out our destinies. We marshal our wills in governing the gifts of Your resources to move towards our goals and desires. What is the value of our plans if you are not at center of them? How can ever fathom the infinite possibilities that arise from the Divine Blueprints of Your Love. Your plans cannot be confined to a map with boundaries or directions. Lavish us with humility to surrender our wills completely to Your indelible plans for us. Father give us hearts and spirits that will never be satisfied with anything less than always seeking Your Will. Jesus grant us Your Inner Light to find our way home. And Beautiful Spirit consume us with the Holy Fire of God’s Glory of Endless Love. “Let the morning bring me word of your unfailing love, for I have put my trust in you. Show me the way I should go, for to you I entrust my life.”* AMEN

* Psalm 143:8

Word/Image: Flood of Sorrow

I am happy, not because you were made sorry, but because your sorrow led you to repentance. For you became sorrowful as God intended and so were not harmed in any way by us. Godly sorrow brings repentance that leads to salvation and leaves no regret, but worldly sorrow brings death.
2 Corinthians 7: 9-11

Father Builder of the Ark of the Covenant, Jesus the Wood of the Ark, and Holy Spirit mover of Living Waters, lead us into seas of sorrow. We are under siege. Currents of shame and indifference threaten to sweep us away. Save us from our guilt. Grant us contrite hearts. Keep us safe in the storms of our wrong doings, limitations, and social constraints. Help us rise from the depths of despair, pain, and broken relationships. Show us how to stay afloat on floods of sorrow. Remove the vile viruses of rage from our weakened spirits. Turn our guilt into Godly sorrow and expunge our hearts of anger, and selfish regrets. Fill us with the peace of humble prayers. Invigorate our sacred imaginations in finding fresh tributaries swelling with salvific repentance. Father, we put our lives in Your Hands. Jesus by Your Passion, Death, and Resurrection save us from death. And Beautiful Spirit, shower us with the Son’s Light of Mercy and Joy. “My soul is weary with sorrow; strengthen me according to your word.”* AMEN

* Psalm 119:28

Word/Image: Christ the King

“My kingdom is not of this world. If it were, my servants would fight to prevent my arrest by the Jewish leaders. But now my kingdom is from another place.”
John 18:36

Father Maker of the Heavenly Courts of Eternal Glory, Jesus Christ our Lord and King, and Holy Spirit the Bond of Love bringing Dominion and Communion to all of Creation, receive us today into Your Kingdom. Help us go deeper into the mystery of Christ’s Kingship. Lord, how can the ugly, despicable, shameful, misery of the cross be the door to Your Kingdom? You have turned every possible notion we have of what constitutes power and might upside down. We beg you to grant us the grace to be released from the principalities of this world that lust for human power to destroy life and wreak chaos. Teach us how to embrace the Perfect Humility of Your Passionate, Selfless, Unconditional Love. May the Peace and Light of Your Kingdom reign. Father we love and adore Your Son. Jesus be the King of our hearts and spirit. And Beautiful Spirit wash away our iniquities and cleanse us of our sin. “To him who loves us and has freed us from our sins by his blood, and has made us to be a kingdom and priests to serve his God and Father—to him be glory and power for ever and ever amen!”* AMEN

* Revelation 1: 5-6

Word/Image: Kingdom of Kingdoms

Jesus said, “Let the little children come to me, and do not hinder them, for the kingdom of heaven belongs to such as these.”
Matthew 19: 14

Father thy Kingdom come thy Will be done, Jesus Perfect Love incarnate and Prince of Peace, and Holy Spirit of Fire, Wisdom and Light, receive Your children. Please tell us what this Kingdom will be. Illuminate our hearts with the sweetness of Your Word that we might enter more deeply into the mystery that awaits us. Lord, You turn everything upside down. Your Kingdom of Kingdoms looks nothing like anything we could ever build or govern on our own. Goodness crumbles without Your Glue of Righteous and Love to hold everything together. Knit us into tapestries woven into the Mystical Body of Christ to bring your Wisdom and Justice to all of our affairs. Initiate Your Kingdom in the chambers of our heart. Puncture a hole in our heart that enjoins us with the Sacred Heart of Jesus. Father, we seek Your Kingdom of Infinite Mercy. Jesus, take Your place as King of our hearts and spirits. And Beautiful Spirit of God, lavish us in the Truth of Love in endless Creative Motion. “Yours, Lord, is the greatness and the power and the glory and the majesty and the splendor, for everything in heaven and earth is yours. Yours, Lord, is the kingdom; you are exalted as head over all.”* AMEN

* 1 Chronicles 29: 11

Word/Image: Nowhere to rest

“Foxes have dens and birds have nests, but the Son of Man has no place to lay his head.”
Matthew 8:20

Father of Refuge, Jesus Son of Man, and Holy Spirit working in each moment, grant us every grace we need to answer Your summons. Help us to take up Your Great Commission and become faithful followers of Your way, Truth, and Life. Embolden us to let go of anything that stands between us and You. Enliven our hearts with an insatiable desire to please You and be Your agencies of Love in the world. Guide every step of our journey among people, places, and situations that are not are open to Your Peace. Lord, You are tireless in Your Compassion and Mercy. Take possession of us so that everywhere we go we may radiate Your Healing Light to others. Strengthen our resolve to live out Your unique callings for each one of us. Father, in Heaven we will find our rest. Jesus, thank you for knowing us, living with us, and feeling every embattled cry. And Beautiful Spirit, transform our iterant wanderings into sacred songs of praise and love. “Truly my soul finds rest in God; my salvation comes from him.”* AMEN

* Psalm 62: 1

Word/Image: Crown of Life

Blessed is the one who perseveres under trial because, having stood the test, that person will receive the crown of life that the Lord has promised to those who love him.
James 1:12

Father King and Source of All Life, Jesus True God and True Man, and Holy Spirit one in Being with the Father and the Son, help us to face everything You ask of us. Grant us clear vision through the obstacles placed in front of us. Gird our hearts with a burning devotion to You. Shield our spirits from every principality that seeks to lead us astray. Equip us with Your Sword of Truth and dress us in the armor of Your Peace. Lord, we require Your gifts of endurance, resilience, vigilance, patience and absolute trust in Your Goodness. May we never forget that we are precious in Your sight. We are Your children and we know nothing can separate us from Your Perfect, Passionate, Selfless, Unconditional Love. Write Your Name on our hearts. When we are under the duress of trials and tribulations, may we experience Your Presence and Compassion. Father, we put our lives in Your Hands. Jesus, we praise and thank you for enduring the crown of thorns piercing You with our sins. And Beautiful Spirit, consume us with Your Burning Love that we might be granted the Crown of Life. Praise the Lord, my soul; all my inmost being, praise his holy name. Praise the Lord, my soul, and forget not all his benefits—who redeems your life from the pit and crowns you with love and compassion.”* AMEN

*Psalm 103: 1-2,4