#MorningPrayer Thursday 1st August 2019 - Lammas Day

#MorningPrayer 

Fill us, Lord, 

with your love, grace, mercy and peace; 

assist us to live lives which 

proclaim your kingdom, 

demonstrate your love, 

reveal your grace, 

show your mercy, 

and demonstrate who we are 

by revealing clearly your image in us, 

and helping us to see it in all others.

#MorningPrayer Wednesday 31st July 2019 - S Ignatius of Loyola

#MorningPrayer 

Give us glad and generous hearts, Lord; 

hearts open to you and to one another, 

that we may know ourselves loved 

abundantly, exorbitantly, lavishly, deeply - 

and so overflow with such love 

that we flood the world, 

showing each person 

they are wonderfully made in you.

#MorningPrayer Tuesday 30th July 2019

#MorningPrayer 

Help us grieve, Lord: 

to grieve at the ways we let you down 

and let your people down 

when we fail to see your image 

in others and in ourselves. 

May we let you turn our grieving into dancing 

as you fill us with your love, grace and peace; 

help us to dance together as one.

#MorningPrayer Monday 29th July 2019 - Ss Mary, Martha & Lazarus

#MorningPrayer 

Your great promise to us Lord, 

is that you will live in us and walk among us, 

and you will be our God, 

and we shall be your people. 

Help us to recognise 

your presence and your image 

in us and in others, 

and live as what we are: 

your family, 

wonderfully made and loved.

#MorningPrayer Sunday 28th July 2019 - 6th Sunday after Trinity

#MorningPrayer

Lord, you offer us your hospitality

even though we are not worthy to be in your presence.

More than merely allowing us to come to you,

you welcome us with open arms as your own family.

Help us to see you in each person we meet;

and seeing you, to return your love.

#MorningPrayer Saturday 27th July 2019

#MorningPrayer 

In your great love for us Lord, 

you have welcomed us into your family 

and made us one in Christ; 

keep us always conscious 

that we are incorporated into your new creation - 

help us to live in your light, 

and live out your love for all, 

wherever and whenever we are.

#MorningPrayer Friday 26th July 2019 - S Anne

#MorningPrayer 

Lord, all we can offer you 

in which to place the treasure of your kingdom, 

is our fragility that is like a clay jar; 

nevertheless let us, like St Anne, 

offer all that we are 

in helping you bring all that you promise, 

that all may know your love and yearning for them.

#MorningPrayer Thursday 25th July 2019 - S James, Apostle

#MorningPrayer 

As we contemplate your love for us 

and our place in your kingdom, Lord, 

help us never to let our status in you feed our own ego; 

instead may we be so humbled 

by the enormity of your love 

that we respond simply by loving you, 

loving others 

and properly loving ourselves.

#MorningPrayer Wednesday 24th July 2019

#MorningPrayer 

You beautify our lives 

with your forgiveness, love and compassion, Lord. 

Give us the grace to be so filled with these things 

that we overflow, 

and so show them to and share them with all around us. 

May our lives reveal your presence in us, 

and the joy of your kingdom.

#MorningPrayer Tuesday 23rd July 2019 - S Bridget of Sweden

#MorningPrayer 

In your great love Lord, 

you offer your “yes!” to us: 

yes to welcoming us into your family, 

yes to forgiving us our failings, 

yes to bringing us to wholeness of life in you. 

May we respond to your yes with our own yes: 

to you, to your call, to living out your love.

#MorningPrayer. Monday 22nd July 2019 - S Mary Magdalene

#MorningPrayer 

As we remember and celebrate S Mary Magdalene, Lord, 

we pray that like her, 

we may be transformed by your grace, 

ready to follow where you lead, 

faithful in staying close to you come what may, 

brave in our discipleship, 

and bold in sharing the joy of new life with all.

#MorningPrayer Sunday 21st July 2019 - 5th after Trinity

#MorningPrayer 

Help us Lord, 

to see the world as you do, 

through your eyes of love. 

Give us your passion for justice, mercy and peace; 

and fill us with compassion for others, 

that we may embody your call 

to hospitality and welcome, 

care and concern, 

placing you at the centre, not self.

#MorningPrayer Saturday 20th July 2019 - S Margaret of Antioch

#MorningPrayer 

Lord, you prayed that we should be one: 

your body, united in your love. 

Guide us in ways which further your will 

and build up your body; 

save us from those things 

which bring rancour and dissension. 

Help us to see when we are sowing bad seed, 

and to change it for good.

#MorningPrayer Friday 19th July 2019 - Ss Gregory & Macrina

#MorningPrayer 

Lord, you have called us not only to follow you, 

but to know ourselves welcomed and grafted into your family

as brothers and sisters in Christ. 

Help us to remember that is what we are, 

and to rejoice in the wonderful diversity we share, 

and the depth of your love.

#MorningPrayer Thursday 18th July 2019

#MorningPrayer 

Lord, let us never be so fixed 

on our own interpretation of your will, 

or your call upon our lives, 

that we forget to keep listening 

for the guidance of your Spirit, 

or to stay nimble and travel light to our own ideas. 

Help us to keep our minds and hearts open to you.

#MorningPrayer Wednesday 17th July 2019

#MorningPrayer

Fill us, Lord, with grace, desire and boldness

to share the story of your love for us -

not primarily by great oration and grand proclamation,

but by living out your love,

sharing our own experience of you with others,

and being disciples of Christ for all to see.

#MorningPrayer Tuesday 16th July 2019 - S Osmund

#MorningPrayer 

Lord, your astounding love for us 

means we are welcomed into your family 

even though we are far from fit, proper and worthy 

in ourselves. 

Help us to show others 

that same welcome and hospitality; 

especially those we may, in our sin, 

think of as lesser than others.

#MorningPrayer Monday 15th July 2019 - S Swithun

#MorningPrayer 

You give us the great gift, Lord, 

of the glorious liberty of your kingdom. 

Inspire us to use our freedom, 

not to impose our own will on others 

and make it harder for them to follow you, 

but rather to choose the path of humility and service, 

that your love may show.

#MorningPrayer Sunday 14th July 2019 - 4th Sunday after Trinity

#MorningPrayer 

Give us, Lord, 

a deep understanding of your gospel and your kingdom, 

and a deep desire and will to live it out 

in the places and among the people where we are set. 

May we always be ready, by our words and our actions, 

to show our love for you and for our neighbour.

#MorningPrayer Saturday 13th July 2019

‪#MorningPrayer
Remind us Lord,
that we are able to stand before you
not because of our own achievements
but because you make us worthy.
Help us therefore
to welcome all into your presence,
knowing that
we are all equally in need of your mercy and love,
and all equally offered it.‬

#MorningPrayer Friday 12th July 2019

#MorningPrayer 

Lord, you call us to love one another as you love us; 

and though we cannot fathom the depths of your love,

inspire us to be as loving as as you direct us to be, 

to all people - regardless of who they are - 

for together we are made in your image, 

O God who is love.

#MorningPrayer Thursday 11th July 2019 - S Benedict of Nursia

‪#MorningPrayer 

As we celebrate St Benedict, Lord, 

we pray that his Rule may be 

an inspiration and guide to us 

as individuals, communities and nations. 

May we seek to live in harmony 

and mutuality with one another, 

and may we produce leaders 

who focus on the common good, not self.‬

#MorningPrayer Wednesday 10th June 2019

#MorningPrayer 

Lord, fill us with your grace 

that we may love, bless and cherish all people 

as your children made in your image - 

even those we find difficult, 

even those we find hurtful. 

Remind us that as we are with the least of these, 

so we are with you. 

#MorningPrayer Tuesday 9th July 2019

#MorningPrayer 

Thank you, Lord, 

that you count us part of your body, 

and are pleased with the living sacrifice 

of our worship and service. 

May we rejoice in the diversity of your body, 

and honour one another for what each can offer 

through the distinctive gifts you have given us.

#MorningPrayer Monday 8th July 2019

#MorningPrayer 

You build your living temple, Lord, 

from living stones of many different kinds. 

Save us from imagining 

that all the stones should be in our image - 

instead give us a joy in their diversity in yours. 

May we rejoice in being your stones, 

and let you do the building.

#MorningPrayer Sunday 7th July 2019 - 3rd Sunday after Trinity

#MorningPrayer 

You call us, Lord, 

to reflect your care and concern 

for the poor and marginalised. 

Remind us that in your love, 

you have welcomed us in 

from the margins of your kingdom, 

from our poverty of righteousness, 

drawing us in as adopted children. 

May we show your love to all.

#MorningPrayer Saturday 6th July - Ss Thomas More & John Fisher

#MorningPrayer 

As you have grafted us into yourself, Lord, 

keep us true to who we are in you; 

when challenges come, 

when life is difficult, 

when there is temptation and clamour to go a different way, 

keep us faithful to your call and grounded in your love, 

that all may see you in us.

#MorningPrayer Friday 5th July 2019

#MorningPrayer 

You have called us, Lord, into your kingdom. 

If we are counted as a faithful remnant of your people, 

help us always to remember 

that it is not so we can rejoice 

in our own status as your children, 

but so we can share your love with the world, 

that all may know you.

#MorningPrayer Thursday 4th July 2019

#MorningPrayer 

You remind us Lord, 

that in the great economy/oikumene of your kingdom 

all are welcome, without distinction; 

you challenge us not only to proclaim this truth, 

but to embody it and to live it. 

Give us your determination that all belong, 

and your desire to proclaim that.

#MorningPrayer Wednesday 3rd July 2019 - S Thomas, Apostle

#MorningPrayer 

Lord, we can be so slow to believe. 

Help us believe in you 

even if we do not see you, 

be patient in waiting for you 

even if you seem to be taking your time, 

and ready to trust in you 

when we see you at work among us, 

that we may say with Thomas, 

‘My Lord and my God!’

#MorningPrayer Tuesday 2nd July 2019

#MorningPrayer 

In your love, Lord, 

you seek to mould us 

into the disciples we are called to be 

and meant to be. 

You are the potter, and we are the clay: 

may we remain fully open to your working on us, 

pliable in your hands, 

allowing you to reveal your truth and beauty through us.