God of compassion, You meant us to be both fragile and ordinary. Silence the voices that say we are not good enough, Haven’t achieved enough, Haven’t enough to show for our lives, That we are not enough. Help us to know that we are treasure, We are prized, We are cherished, We are loved. Infinitely. By you. So be with us in our corrugations of feeling: When our hearts are in downward freefall, be with us When our minds race with anxiety, be with us When our throats close in fear, be with us When sleep will not come, be with us When waking hurts, be with us. In the name of Jesus, Who knew trauma, abuse, despair and abandonment And has nothing but love for us, Amen.
God of hope and resurrection, you know us better than we know ourselves, and draw us to peace and wholeness in your love. We remember before you those who are unable to remember their own lives. Guard and treasure their lost memories for them, and hold their past in your safe hands, that when the death of the body comes, you may bring them to the full life of the resurrection, restore and heal the memories of their lives, and give them back to themselves, that we with them may rejoice in your love, and find the fullness of life in your presence, Father, Son and Holy Spirit.
Amen.
Thank you to Doug Chaplin, Worcester Diocese for permission to publish this prayer.
The Credit Union Movement has always stressed the all humanity are brothers and sisters and puts this ideal into practice in the economic field. No words have expressed this idea more beautifully or more meaningfully than the Prayer of St. Francis which has since been widely recognised as the official prayer of the Credit Union Movement.
LORD
Make me an instrument of thy peace
Where there is hatred, let me sow love
Where there is injury, pardon
Where there is doubt, faith
Where there is despair, hope
Where there is darkness, light
And where there is sadness, joy.
O Divine Master
Grant that I may not so much seek
To be consoled as to console
To be understood as to understand
To be loved as to love
For it is in giving, that we receive
It is in pardoning, that we are pardoned
And it is in dying, that we are born to eternal life.
Llandaff Diocese has produced a workbook on the 7-Sacred Spaces which relates each space to personal, congregational and community contexts. Download it from here, the workbook link is at the top left of the page.
The Credit Union Movement has always stressed that all humanity are brothers and sisters and puts this ideal into practice in the economic field. No words have expressed this idea more beautifully or more meaningfully than the Prayer of St. Francis which has since been widely recognised as the official prayer of the Credit Union Movement.
LORD Make me an instrument of thy peace Where there is hatred, let me sow love Where there is injury, pardon Where there is doubt, faith Where there is despair, hope Where there is darkness, light And where there is sadness, joy.
O Divine Master Grant that I may not so much seek To be consoled as to console To be understood as to understand To be loved as to love For it is in giving, that we receive It is in pardoning, that we are pardoned And it is in dying, that we are born to eternal life.
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