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Blessings
and Words of
As
we go
from this stillness,
let
us rejoin
the dance of life.
There
too it
is the crucified and risen one
who
is our
partner and guide.
May
his gaze
keep you honest and true.
May
his
spirit enlighten you
that
we may
dance lightly
in
the
whirling, swirling world.
Amen.
Christ with
you
sleeping,
Christ
with
you waking,
Christ
with
you watching,
Christ
with
you working,
Each
day, each
night;
each
day,
each night.
As
you go,
remember
that
the Spirit whispers in your ear all the day long.
She
whispers
her message of love and liberation;
she
beckons
for you to follow her into paths as yet unimagined.
Go
from this
place as people of the Spirit,
people
unafraid to dream and to vision,
to
lament and
to protest,
to
work and
to pray until the Kingdom is come.
Go in peace.
And
God the
Father,
God
the Son,
God
the Holy
Spirit
fill
you with
a flame of love for all the world.
Go
into the
world as living stones.
Stones
who
are uniquely beautiful in all the creation.
Stones
make
beautiful by the harshness of the journey.
Stones
which
make ripples in the ponds of politics.
Stones
which
cause the evil ones to trip and fall.
Stones
which
God is using to build a temple of love for all who
long
for
justice.
Go into the
world in
hope.
Don’t
give in to either despair or fanciful thinking.
Commit
yourself, in tough-minded love,
To
all the
good that is growing in the world.
And
discipline
yourselves, always,
to
obtain
that pearl of great price which is Christ our Lord.
Go
now into
the new moments of this day.
Greet
each
new experience as sacred.
Welcome
the
possibility of each second, each hour,
with
a deep
sense of thankfulness.
And
the
blessing of God will surely pour down upon you,
wildly,
extravagantly, generously.
God
encircle us
with
fire of
the Spirit
God
encircle
us
with
waters
of birth
God
encircle
us
with
saints
and apostles
God
encircle
us
and
keep us
in love.
In
the name
of God, I bless this assembly with water.
May
these
droplets be holy for us
a
drowning
and a birthing
a
flooding
and a watering
a
burying and
a rising again.
In
the name
of God:
Maker,
Child
and Spirit Holy.
Amen.
May God go
before, to
show us the way;
May
God shine
above, to lighten our world;
May
God lie
beneath, to bear us up;
May
God go
beside, to companion our journeys.
May
God's
peace go before you
and
God's
kindness behind you
and
God's
comfort beside you.
In
the name
of Christ. Amen.
May the
grace of God -
Wisdom,
Word
and Spirit -
rest
and
abide within each breast this holy day.
In
the name
of Christ, Amen.
May
you take
the yoke of Christ,
fashioned
by
the carpenter's son for your shoulders alone.
May
you wear
it with pride and with commitment.
May
you wear
it with humility and with joy.
And
may all
the angels of God companion you
as
together
we plough the fields of Christ's harvest
in
this
world, and the world to come.
O God who
goes before:
Give
us
wisdom enough to live this week
in
places of
communion with you.
Give
us
courage enough to follow you into the
difficult
places we'd rather avoid.
Give
us love
enough to bear patiently with the hurts
and
struggles
of our friends.
Give
us peace
enough to accept and nurture our
own
selves.
Amen.
All
you
appointed to shine like stars in the universe,
why
are you
so afraid?
Do
you fear
that the darkness will engulf your little lights?
If
the whole
world were like the noonday sun,
then
would
your lights be dim!
In
the
darkest night of the world,
it
is then
that your flame is strongest:
in
the chill
of outer darkness you become
God's
shrine
of vision,
and
warmth
for everyone who draws near.
The peace
of God be
with you,
the
peace of
Christ be with you,
the
peace of
the Holy Spirit be with you
and
with all
you love,
for
an hour,
for ever, for eternity.
May
the touch
of the tender Father uphold you,
the
soul of
the sorrowing Son befriend you,
and
the fire
of the wandering Spirit warm you.
In
the name
of Christ, Amen.
These prayers are © Garry Deverell,