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To mark Our Lady of Lourdes feastday I have put together the following prayer and I've called it
'A Prayer of Healing to Our Lady of Lourdes'
I come to you Mary with openness and in gratitude
You visited Bernadette Soubirous in 1858 in Lourdes and you did so
on eighteen occasions.
You shared with her a message of hope, forgiveness, love and
healing.
Some were slow to believe Bernadette's story at the start,
but nothing
could stop the flow of your message of love and healing.
Thanks to you, Lourdes today is still a beautiful place of blessings,
where every person is treated with respect and treated with total love.
Every sick person at Lourdes is the most important person in the
world.
Today blessings and little miracles still happen thanks to you.
While not everyone can be in Lourdes, we can still pray to you today
Mary,
as if we are standing in the sacred space under the Grotto.
We
ask you to intercede for us and to be the bridge from our world to
yours.
From your heavenly place of light, love and eternal blessings our
prayer to you is for healing.
I come to you as I am and I come with all
that is going on for me, my family and those closest to me.
I ask for
God's blessings and to give me a sense of hope and purpose.
Help me
to feel your love, peace and calm.
May I find your light and hope
even when I struggle to find it.
I ask for healing, for a blessing and a sign of love today.
Surround me
in your healing and love today and every day.
I especially include my
family, our sick, our amazing doctors, nurses and caring teams.
Keep
us all safe in your love and your healing. Amen |
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Saturday |
Feb-12 |
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To mark Our Lady of Lourdes feastday I have put together the following prayer and I've called it
'A Prayer of Healing to Our Lady of Lourdes'
I come to you Mary with openness and in gratitude
You visited Bernadette Soubirous in 1858 in Lourdes and you did so
on eighteen occasions.
You shared with her a message of hope, forgiveness, love and
healing.
Some were slow to believe Bernadette's story at the start,
but nothing
could stop the flow of your message of love and healing.
Thanks to you, Lourdes today is still a beautiful place of blessings,
where every person is treated with respect and treated with total love.
Every sick person at Lourdes is the most important person in the
world.
Today blessings and little miracles still happen thanks to you.
While not everyone can be in Lourdes, we can still pray to you today
Mary,
as if we are standing in the sacred space under the Grotto.
We
ask you to intercede for us and to be the bridge from our world to
yours.
From your heavenly place of light, love and eternal blessings our
prayer to you is for healing.
I come to you as I am and I come with all
that is going on for me, my family and those closest to me.
I ask for
God's blessings and to give me a sense of hope and purpose.
Help me
to feel your love, peace and calm.
May I find your light and hope
even when I struggle to find it.
I ask for healing, for a blessing and a sign of love today.
Surround me
in your healing and love today and every day.
I especially include my
family, our sick, our amazing doctors, nurses and caring teams.
Keep
us all safe in your love and your healing. Amen |
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Friday |
Feb-11 |
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To mark Our Lady of Lourdes feastday I have put together the following prayer and I've called it
'A Prayer of Healing to Our Lady of Lourdes'
I come to you Mary with openness and in gratitude
You visited Bernadette Soubirous in 1858 in Lourdes and you did so
on eighteen occasions.
You shared with her a message of hope, forgiveness, love and
healing.
Some were slow to believe Bernadette's story at the start,
but nothing
could stop the flow of your message of love and healing.
Thanks to you, Lourdes today is still a beautiful place of blessings,
where every person is treated with respect and treated with total love.
Every sick person at Lourdes is the most important person in the
world.
Today blessings and little miracles still happen thanks to you.
While not everyone can be in Lourdes, we can still pray to you today
Mary,
as if we are standing in the sacred space under the Grotto.
We
ask you to intercede for us and to be the bridge from our world to
yours.
From your heavenly place of light, love and eternal blessings our
prayer to you is for healing.
I come to you as I am and I come with all
that is going on for me, my family and those closest to me.
I ask for
God's blessings and to give me a sense of hope and purpose.
Help me
to feel your love, peace and calm.
May I find your light and hope
even when I struggle to find it.
I ask for healing, for a blessing and a sign of love today.
Surround me
in your healing and love today and every day.
I especially include my
family, our sick, our amazing doctors, nurses and caring teams.
Keep
us all safe in your love and your healing. Amen |
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Thursday |
Feb-10 |
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Thought For The Week (Thought updated each Monday)
'There is such a thing as a prayer place and many people are very aware of that in their lives. It's a place where I can get away from it all. A life without reflection is not worth living.' ~Jack McArdle
We sometimes think that prayer must be confined just to a church. Anywhere else seems out of place. But we can simply pray anywhere that works for us. That can be in our kitchen, a bedroom, a favourite armchair, a favourite walk through a forest, along a seashore or even working in our garden.
The choice is ours and there is great freedom in finding that place that works for each of us. It mightn't work for someone else but if it works for you, then that prayer place is your sacred place. It's a place where we can simply get away from it all. It's a place where we can recharge, renew and reflect on the blessings in our own lives. It's a place where we can pray to God and share whatever is going on in our lives.
As you so well know the world we live in today is busy and quiet time is not a priority. Everyone knows it should be a priority, but busyness and time constraints take over. So why not make time for your prayer moment? If a prayer moment does not sit comfortably with you, call it something else.
You could call it, a quiet moment, a mindful moment, a calm moment, a peaceful moment, a gentle moment, a sacred moment, a spiritual moment, a time out moment, a relaxing moment and I'm sure there are other words too. But all serve the same purpose. It is all about minding you, making space for you to be reflective and taking quality time out in the busy world that we live in today. |
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Wednesday |
Feb-09 |
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Thought For The Week (Thought updated each Monday)
'There is such a thing as a prayer place and many people are very aware of that in their lives. It's a place where I can get away from it all. A life without reflection is not worth living.' ~Jack McArdle
We sometimes think that prayer must be confined just to a church. Anywhere else seems out of place. But we can simply pray anywhere that works for us. That can be in our kitchen, a bedroom, a favourite armchair, a favourite walk through a forest, along a seashore or even working in our garden.
The choice is ours and there is great freedom in finding that place that works for each of us. It mightn't work for someone else but if it works for you, then that prayer place is your sacred place. It's a place where we can simply get away from it all. It's a place where we can recharge, renew and reflect on the blessings in our own lives. It's a place where we can pray to God and share whatever is going on in our lives.
As you so well know the world we live in today is busy and quiet time is not a priority. Everyone knows it should be a priority, but busyness and time constraints take over. So why not make time for your prayer moment? If a prayer moment does not sit comfortably with you, call it something else.
You could call it, a quiet moment, a mindful moment, a calm moment, a peaceful moment, a gentle moment, a sacred moment, a spiritual moment, a time out moment, a relaxing moment and I'm sure there are other words too. But all serve the same purpose. It is all about minding you, making space for you to be reflective and taking quality time out in the busy world that we live in today. |
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Tuesday |
Feb-08 |
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Thought For The Week(Thought updated each Monday)
'There is such a thing as a prayer place and many people are very aware of that in their lives. It's a place where I can get away from it all. A life without reflection is not worth living.' ~Jack McArdle
We sometimes think that prayer must be confined just to a church. Anywhere else seems out of place. But we can simply pray anywhere that works for us. That can be in our kitchen, a bedroom, a favourite armchair, a favourite walk through a forest, along a seashore or even working in our garden.
The choice is ours and there is great freedom in finding that place that works for each of us. It mightn't work for someone else but if it works for you, then that prayer place is your sacred place. It's a place where we can simply get away from it all. It's a place where we can recharge, renew and reflect on the blessings in our own lives. It's a place where we can pray to God and share whatever is going on in our lives.
As you so well know the world we live in today is busy and quiet time is not a priority. Everyone knows it should be a priority, but busyness and time constraints take over. So why not make time for your prayer moment? If a prayer moment does not sit comfortably with you, call it something else.
You could call it, a quiet moment, a mindful moment, a calm moment, a peaceful moment, a gentle moment, a sacred moment, a spiritual moment, a time out moment, a relaxing moment and I'm sure there are other words too. But all serve the same purpose. It is all about minding you, making space for you to be reflective and taking quality time out in the busy world that we live in today. |
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Monday |
Feb-07 |
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Thought For The Week(Thought updated each Monday)
'There is such a thing as a prayer place and many people are very aware of that in their lives. It's a place where I can get away from it all. A life without reflection is not worth living.' ~Jack McArdle
We sometimes think that prayer must be confined just to a church. Anywhere else seems out of place. But we can simply pray anywhere that works for us. That can be in our kitchen, a bedroom, a favourite armchair, a favourite walk through a forest, along a seashore or even working in our garden.
The choice is ours and there is great freedom in finding that place that works for each of us. It mightn't work for someone else but if it works for you, then that prayer place is your sacred place. It's a place where we can simply get away from it all. It's a place where we can recharge, renew and reflect on the blessings in our own lives. It's a place where we can pray to God and share whatever is going on in our lives.
As you so well know the world we live in today is busy and quiet time is not a priority. Everyone knows it should be a priority, but busyness and time constraints take over. So why not make time for your prayer moment? If a prayer moment does not sit comfortably with you, call it something else.
You could call it, a quiet moment, a mindful moment, a calm moment, a peaceful moment, a gentle moment, a sacred moment, a spiritual moment, a time out moment, a relaxing moment and I'm sure there are other words too. But all serve the same purpose. It is all about minding you, making space for you to be reflective and taking quality time out in the busy world that we live in today.
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Sunday |
Feb-06 |
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Thought For The Week (This section is updated on Monday)
'If we had no winter, the spring would not be so pleasant: if we did not sometimes taste of adversity, prosperity would not be so welcome.' ~Anne Bradstreet
Last Tuesday was the feast of St Brigid (February 1st). Saint Brigid has been described as a woman of faith, feminist, farmer, bishop, convent founder and a miracle worker. She is the patroness of Ireland and starting in 2023 a Bank Holiday weekend will begin in her honour. Brigid has inspired women and men down through the ages. She cared for the poor, healed the sick and managed monastic settlements.
The life of Saint Brigid has been inspirational. No one can deny how special she was. She was way ahead of her time with her outlook on life, her ideas and her vision for an inclusive church. Her energy and presence is very much alive today and awareness about her story and life continues to grow.
St Brigid is most famous for her cross which she wove together using rushes. The many strands that make up a St Brigid's cross represent the different strands of our own lives. They pick up on our joys and blessings but also on our struggles, problems and difficulties. For Brigid the cross was not an end in itself but pointed to a firm and sure hope in a loving God. For Brigid this loving God helps us to make sense of everything that's going on in our lives. Significantly St Brigid's day is a day for renewed hope and is most certainly a day to celebrate.
The following is 'A prayer to Saint Brigid'
Brigid you were a special person and an inspiration to so many.
You stood up for those who needed a voice.
You brought light and hope to so many.
You were a woman of love and you were close to nature and the heartbeat of God.
Your cross has become so symbolic.
It is a sign of hope, a sign of strength and a sign that everything in our world and universe is connected.
The centre of your cross is symbolic of the presence of God.
May we recognise our centre.
May we feel the blessings of light, hope, peace, courage and strength.
May we grow each day into the person God has created us to be,
both in mind, body and spirit.
Amen |
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Saturday |
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Thought For The Week (This section is updated on Monday)
'If we had no winter, the spring would not be so pleasant: if we did not sometimes taste of adversity, prosperity would not be so welcome.' ~Anne Bradstreet
Last Tuesday was the feast of St Brigid (February 1st). Saint Brigid has been described as a woman of faith, feminist, farmer, bishop, convent founder and a miracle worker. She is the patroness of Ireland and starting in 2023 a Bank Holiday weekend will begin in her honour. Brigid has inspired women and men down through the ages. She cared for the poor, healed the sick and managed monastic settlements.
The life of Saint Brigid has been inspirational. No one can deny how special she was. She was way ahead of her time with her outlook on life, her ideas and her vision for an inclusive church. Her energy and presence is very much alive today and awareness about her story and life continues to grow.
St Brigid is most famous for her cross which she wove together using rushes. The many strands that make up a St Brigid's cross represent the different strands of our own lives. They pick up on our joys and blessings but also on our struggles, problems and difficulties. For Brigid the cross was not an end in itself but pointed to a firm and sure hope in a loving God. For Brigid this loving God helps us to make sense of everything that's going on in our lives. Significantly St Brigid's day is a day for renewed hope and is most certainly a day to celebrate.
The following is 'A prayer to Saint Brigid'
Brigid you were a special person and an inspiration to so many.
You stood up for those who needed a voice.
You brought light and hope to so many.
You were a woman of love and you were close to nature and the heartbeat of God.
Your cross has become so symbolic.
It is a sign of hope, a sign of strength and a sign that everything in our world and universe is connected.
The centre of your cross is symbolic of the presence of God.
May we recognise our centre.
May we feel the blessings of light, hope, peace, courage and strength.
May we grow each day into the person God has created us to be,
both in mind, body and spirit.
Amen |
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Friday |
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Thought For The Week (This section is updated on Monday)
'If we had no winter, the spring would not be so pleasant: if we did not sometimes taste of adversity, prosperity would not be so welcome.' ~Anne Bradstreet
Tuesday was the feast of St Brigid (February 1st). Saint Brigid has been described as a woman of faith, feminist, farmer, bishop, convent founder and a miracle worker. She is the patroness of Ireland and starting in 2023 a Bank Holiday weekend will begin in her honour. Brigid has inspired women and men down through the ages. She cared for the poor, healed the sick and managed monastic settlements.
The life of Saint Brigid has been inspirational. No one can deny how special she was. She was way ahead of her time with her outlook on life, her ideas and her vision for an inclusive church. Her energy and presence is very much alive today and awareness about her story and life continues to grow.
St Brigid is most famous for her cross which she wove together using rushes. The many strands that make up a St Brigid's cross represent the different strands of our own lives. They pick up on our joys and blessings but also on our struggles, problems and difficulties. For Brigid the cross was not an end in itself but pointed to a firm and sure hope in a loving God. For Brigid this loving God helps us to make sense of everything that's going on in our lives. Significantly St Brigid's day is a day for renewed hope and is most certainly a day to celebrate.
The following is 'A prayer to Saint Brigid'
Brigid you were a special person and an inspiration to so many.
You stood up for those who needed a voice.
You brought light and hope to so many.
You were a woman of love and you were close to nature and the heartbeat of God.
Your cross has become so symbolic.
It is a sign of hope, a sign of strength and a sign that everything in our world and universe is connected.
The centre of your cross is symbolic of the presence of God.
May we recognise our centre.
May we feel the blessings of light, hope, peace, courage and strength.
May we grow each day into the person God has created us to be,
both in mind, body and spirit.
Amen |
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Thursday |
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Thought For The Week (This section is updated on Monday)
'If we had no winter, the spring would not be so pleasant: if we did not sometimes taste of adversity, prosperity would not be so welcome.' ~Anne Bradstreet
Tuesday was the feast of St Brigid (February 1st). Saint Brigid has been described as a woman of faith, feminist, farmer, bishop, convent founder and a miracle worker. She is the patroness of Ireland and starting in 2023 a Bank Holiday weekend will begin in her honour. Brigid has inspired women and men down through the ages. She cared for the poor, healed the sick and managed monastic settlements.
The life of Saint Brigid has been inspirational. No one can deny how special she was. She was way ahead of her time with her outlook on life, her ideas and her vision for an inclusive church. Her energy and presence is very much alive today and awareness about her story and life continues to grow.
St Brigid is most famous for her cross which she wove together using rushes. The many strands that make up a St Brigid's cross represent the different strands of our own lives. They pick up on our joys and blessings but also on our struggles, problems and difficulties. For Brigid the cross was not an end in itself but pointed to a firm and sure hope in a loving God. For Brigid this loving God helps us to make sense of everything that's going on in our lives. Significantly St Brigid's day is a day for renewed hope and is most certainly a day to celebrate.
The following is 'A prayer to Saint Brigid'
Brigid you were a special person and an inspiration to so many.
You stood up for those who needed a voice.
You brought light and hope to so many.
You were a woman of love and you were close to nature and the heartbeat of God.
Your cross has become so symbolic.
It is a sign of hope, a sign of strength and a sign that everything in our world and universe is connected.
The centre of your cross is symbolic of the presence of God.
May we recognise our centre.
May we feel the blessings of light, hope, peace, courage and strength.
May we grow each day into the person God has created us to be,
both in mind, body and spirit.
Amen |
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Wednesday |
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Thought For The Week (This section is updated on a Monday)
'If we had no winter, the spring would not be so pleasant: if we did not sometimes taste of adversity, prosperity would not be so welcome.' ~Anne Bradstreet
Yesterday was the feast of St Brigid (February 1st). Saint Brigid has been described as a woman of faith, feminist, farmer, bishop, convent founder and a miracle worker. She is the patroness of Ireland and starting in 2023 a Bank Holiday weekend will begin in her honour. Brigid has inspired women and men down through the ages. She cared for the poor, healed the sick and managed monastic settlements.
The life of Saint Brigid has been inspirational. No one can deny how special she was. She was way ahead of her time with her outlook on life, her ideas and her vision for an inclusive church. Her energy and presence is very much alive today and awareness about her story and life continues to grow.
St Brigid is most famous for her cross which she wove together using rushes. The many strands that make up a St Brigid's cross represent the different strands of our own lives. They pick up on our joys and blessings but also on our struggles, problems and difficulties. For Brigid the cross was not an end in itself but pointed to a firm and sure hope in a loving God. For Brigid this loving God helps us to make sense of everything that's going on in our lives. Significantly St Brigid's day is a day for renewed hope and is most certainly a day to celebrate.
The following is 'A prayer to Saint Brigid'
Brigid you were a special person and an inspiration to so many.
You stood up for those who needed a voice.
You brought light and hope to so many.
You were a woman of love and you were close to nature and the heartbeat of God.
Your cross has become so symbolic.
It is a sign of hope, a sign of strength and a sign that everything in our world and universe is connected.
The centre of your cross is symbolic of the presence of God.
May we recognise our centre.
May we feel the blessings of light, hope, peace, courage and strength.
May we grow each day into the person God has created us to be,
both in mind, body and spirit.
Amen |
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Tuesday |
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Thought For The Week (This section is updated on Monday)
'If we had no winter, the spring would not be so pleasant: if we did not sometimes taste of adversity, prosperity would not be so welcome.' ~Anne Bradstreet
Today is the feast of St Brigid (February 1st). Saint Brigid has been described as a woman of faith, feminist, farmer, bishop, convent founder and a miracle worker. She is the patroness of Ireland and starting in 2023 a Bank Holiday weekend will begin in her honour. Brigid has inspired women and men down through the ages. She cared for the poor, healed the sick and managed monastic settlements.
The life of Saint Brigid has been inspirational. No one can deny how special she was. She was way ahead of her time with her outlook on life, her ideas and her vision for an inclusive church. Her energy and presence is very much alive today and awareness about her story and life continues to grow.
St Brigid is most famous for her cross which she wove together using rushes. The many strands that make up a St Brigid's cross represent the different strands of our own lives. They pick up on our joys and blessings but also on our struggles, problems and difficulties. For Brigid the cross was not an end in itself but pointed to a firm and sure hope in a loving God. For Brigid this loving God helps us to make sense of everything that's going on in our lives. Significantly St Brigid's day is a day for renewed hope and is most certainly a day to celebrate.
The following is 'A prayer to Saint Brigid'
Brigid you were a special person and an inspiration to so many.
You stood up for those who needed a voice.
You brought light and hope to so many.
You were a woman of love and you were close to nature and the heartbeat of God.
Your cross has become so symbolic.
It is a sign of hope, a sign of strength and a sign that everything in our world and universe is connected.
The centre of your cross is symbolic of the presence of God.
May we recognise our centre.
May we feel the blessings of light, hope, peace, courage and strength.
May we grow each day into the person God has created us to be,
both in mind, body and spirit.
Amen |
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