Today’s Blessing Prayer: Thursday greetings and blessings to everyone! I you’re your day is starting off well? It is a cloudy morning here in the New York area. They say the sun will be out by noon. I hope your weather is energizing and life-giving today!
Once again, I invite you to join me in a little prayer that I have decided to say each morning as I begin my day - Dear God, Today I woke up. I am healthy. I am alive. Thank You, I apologize for all my complaining. I'm truly grateful for all You've done. My prayer for all you today is that God will touch your day whether it is a busy one or not with many blessings. May God bless your work, your travels, the people you encounter, the people you love and you with the grace to find hope, joy and love in life this day. Please know as you live life today you are in my prayers! Peace in Christ’s Passion…Fr. Paul
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Today’s Prayer: Loving God, sometimes we look in the mirror we are not too happy with what I see. We see imperfection, self-centeredness and ego. Please help us to see the person you created in your own image and likeness, a person of beauty, compassion and love. Help us to hold this image in our mind and heart as we live the journey of life in our own unique way. Allow others to see your image within us as we live with confidence, grace and a smile on our face. Amen.
Today’s Blessing Prayer: Wednesday greetings and blessings to all. I hope your day has started out well. After the rain of the last two days they say we are in for a beautiful day here in the New York area, sun and less humidity. I will be sitting at my desk most of the day doing paperwork, however at some point it just might be a good day to get off my butt and go for a run, a walk or just stand outside and enjoy the gift of this day. I hope where you are, you will get a chance to just enjoy the day for a few moments.
I would like to send out blessings to all who began their celebration of Yom Kippur last night and who continue their celebration through today. May this most holy day be truly blessed! My prayer of blessing for all of you is that today will be rich in the gifts of love, hope and peace in your life and that if you encounter anger, violence and negativity it will be short lived because you are blessed with loving, caring people in your life. I pray that you will be open to the many ways that God will touch your life today and that you will trust in the gift of God that you are and bring that gift to every person you meet, to every place you go and to every experience you have. May God bless you and be with you today and always. Peace in Christ’s Passion…Fr. Paul Today’s Prayer:
Loving God help us to remember that you are with us today. Help us to bring to mind your loving presence within us and around us. Never let us be closed to your loving presence in the world, in others and in ourselves. Never let us be closed through judgmentalness, negativity and anger. Open our minds to remember your presence. Open our mouths to speak your wisdom. Open our hearts to extend your love. Open our hands to serve you generously. Open our whole being to you this day and always. Amen! (Adapted from a prayer by Joyce Rupp) Today’s Blessing Prayer: Tuesday greetings and blessings to all. I believe we are in for a rainy day today. The rain began off and on yesterday afternoon and there is a 90% chance of rain and storms today. I hope you morning and day are starting off well and that the weather where you are will energize you and help you to enjoy and live this new day!
For a couple of weeks now I have begun each day with the following prayer and I offer it to you as a way to begin each day - Dear God, Today I woke up. I am healthy. I am alive. Thank You, I apologize for all my complaining. I'm truly grateful for all You've done. As we begin this day hopefully it will be a day rich in the blessings of God. I pray all of you will have a good day one rich in the grace of God. May you encounter many smiles, many good people and much love. Have a good day everyone and know of my prayers for you today and always. Peace in Christ’s Passion…Fr. Paul Today’s Prayer:
Loving God, Thank you for your presence during the hard and mean days. For then we have you to lean upon. Thank you for your presence during the bright and sunny days. For then we can share that which we have with those who have less. Thank you for your presence during the Holy Days and Holidays. For then we are able to celebrate you and our families and our friends. For those who have no voice, we ask you to speak. For those who feel unworthy, we ask you to pour your love out in waterfalls of tenderness. For those who live in pain, we ask you to bathe them in the river of your healing. For those who are lonely, we ask you to keep them company. For those who are depressed, we ask you to shower upon them the light of hope. Loving God, You, the borderless sea of substance, we ask you to give to all the world that which we need most—Peace. (Adapted from a Prayer by Maya Angelou) Today’s Blessing Prayer: Monday greetings and blessings to everyone. I hope you had a nice weekend. As I look out my window towards the morning sky it looks to be a nice day here in the New York area and I hope the same is true by you.
Today is boiler day. The company that provides our heating oil and who takes care of our boiler is coming sometime between 8:00 and 2:00 pm to service that boiler and prepare it for the heating season. I don’t like thinking about turn the boiler/furnace on but I guess the time is coming and I need to be ready! My prayer for all of you as I journey through this day is that you will have a good journey through this day too. May you live by faith today and trust in the gift that you are. May God recognize your faith and bless you with the unconditional love that we are reminded of each time we look upon his cross. If you are struggling today may you find the grace of hope, peace and love to see you through this day. Blessings today upon all you do, upon everyone you meet and most importantly upon all of you! Peace in Christ’s Passion…Fr. Paul Today’s Prayer:
Take, Lord, and receive all my liberty, my memory, my understanding, and my entire will, All I have and call my own. You have given all to me. To you, Lord, I return it. Everything is yours; do with it what you will. Give me only your love and your grace, that is enough for me. (The Suscipe by St. Ignatius Loyola) Today’s Blessing Prayer: Sunday greetings and blessing to all. I hope your weekend is going well. It looks to be a nice day here in the New York area though yesterday it was rather warm in the sun and the humidity was back, but nothing unbearable!
I pray for all of you that your journey through Sunday may it be a good one. May you live by faith today and trust in the gift that you are. May God recognize your faith and bless you with the trust and willingness to let go and let God. If you are struggling with your faith may you find the strength to trust in the presence of God in your life. Blessings today upon all you do, upon everyone you meet and most importantly upon all of you and don’t forget to give God a little time today. Peace in Christ’s Passion…Fr. Paul Today’s Prayer:
Loving God grant that we may never fall away in success or in failure; that we may not be prideful in prosperity nor dejected in adversity. Let us rejoice only in what unites us and sorrow only in what separates us. May we strive to please no one or fear to displease anyone except you. May we see always the things that are eternal and never those that are only mundane. May we shun any joy that is without you and never seek any that is beside you. May we delight in any work we do for you and tire of any rest that is apart from you. Let us direct our hearts towards you, and in our failings, always repent with a purpose of improvement. Loving God may we always live by faith! Amen. (Adapted from a prayer by St. Thomas Aquinas) |
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