A Prayer for the Broken Hearted

O God,
who is the healer of all things,
you know our heart break
when life is not what we want or expect.

You, who walked among us 
and knew our emotions as even one of us,
you know the pain that is only felt inside our hearts--
when it feels like our very being is being split apart.

Lord, when hope seems hard to grasp,
Help me to know a bit of Your Grace--
even just a glimpse of your love for me.
Help me to know that when all others abandon me,
you do not.

Walk with me and bind up my broken heart
that I might love once again.


not sure when i wrote this but it has been awhile.. just sitting here in my drafts... thought I would share. 

A Prayer for Healing

O God,
Who is the Great Physician,
the one who heals with a touch,
Lay your hand on me today
that I would know the power 
of your touch.

My very soul needs your healing power.
Pour out your grace on me.
Wipe away my tears.
Restore me to wholeness.

O God, heal me today.

Prayer for Today

As S. Mary Magdalen broke her vase of spices, the heart empties itself utterly of all attachment to transitory things, it is left open wide for God alone. (from Meditations of a Hermit by Charles De Foucauld)


Break open my heart
open it wide to your mercy,
love and grace.

Come into my heart
and reign over it
that in that place might be your home.

O God, open wide my soul,
that I may empty myself to You
and be filled with the
Holy Spirit.

Servant Prayer

Holy God,

Help me this day to rely on Your Grace
because I cannot rely on my own goodness.

May I be a conduit for Your Grace
May I reflect Your Love and Mercy
May people see through me to You.

Make me humble and help me to serve.

Guide my mouth, not for my own glory
but so that others might be drawn closer to you.

May I not esteem myself better than anyone else,
but humbly be as one who is servant of all.

O God, May I truly be Your servant this day.

Amen.

Prayer for the day

O God, may I meet this day in the strength of Your Spirit
that in whatever circumstances I find myself
I will show forth Your Love and Grace
That I may be tranquil when all around me is chaos,
That I may be gentle with all those I meet,
and that I may rely on Your strength to overcome
whatever obstacles impede me.
In the name of the One who is the Prince of Peace,
Christ Jesus. Amen.

Illuminate

Thank you, God, for this day
which brings promise and renewal,
For the sunshine that warms my heart and soul
as well as my skin.
May Your mercy warm my frozen soul
that seems to be like stone.
shine the light of your love
into all the dark places of my heart.
Illuminate me.

Grace for the day

Grace for this day I ask
in the midst of the chaos of life.
Infuse me with your
Holy Spirit
that my life might be
a reflection of your grace.

Forgive what is past
Release me from
the feelings of guilt and shame

May I think before acting--
Please stay all unworthy impulses
that I may live
with a consciousness
of your Presence
in each grace-filled moment.

prayer for the day

Open my heart wide to your grace--to your love and purpose for my life.

Lead me this day, that all my deeds may be filled with your graciousness.

May my words reveberate in tones filled with your love.

May all that I do be a reflection of your mercy.

Guide each stop of my journey, O Lord, that you may be glorified in all that I do.

Clothe Me in Righteousness

Clothed in righteousness
I desire to be
O God, set me free
from all that holds me
apart from you.

Clothed in righteousness
let me be
O God, make me free
to be all that You
have called me to be.

Clothed in righteousness
not because of what
I have done, but only
through the grace
that you offer.

Set me free
Make me one with You.

Prayer for a Loving Nature

Make me to be love
and to offer love
as I have been loved.

Show me, O Lord, how
to love all of creation
more deeply and more fully
but more important, O God,
show me how to love
more particularly
those who are
in my path this day.