Prayers
and Poems for April
A prayer of St Benedict
O gracious and holy Father,
Give us wisdom to perceive You,
Intelligence to understand You,
Diligence to seek You,
Patience to wait for You,
Eyes to behold You,
A Heart to meditate upon You,
And a life to proclaim You,
Through the power of the Spirit
Of our Lord Jesus Christ.
An
after-Easter prayer
Don't leave our Lord amidst the lilies
Within a hallowed sphere
Don't praise him only in his temple
In Easter hymn and prayer...
Keep him beside you through
The business of ordinary days,
In the common place encounters
Along the humdrum ways.
Our Master told us very simply
What He would have us do....
He taught us: “Love one another
Even as I love you.”
Elsie Campbell
Just
One Step
One step won't get you very far –
You've got to keep on walking.
One word won't tell folks who you are –
You've got to keep on talking.
One foot won't make you very tall –
You've got to keep on growing.
One trip to church won't tell you all –
You've got to keep on going!
anon
A
grace for a meal
O Lord, we thank you for this food we are privileged to
eat
and we beseech you to help us to speak the right words -
that we may not have to eat them later on.
Spring
Prayer
For flowers that bloom about our feet;
For tender grass, so fresh, so sweet;
For song of bird, and hum of bee;
For all things fair we hear or see,
Father in heaven, we thank Thee!
For blue of stream and blue of sky;
For pleasant shade of branches high;
For fragrant air and cooling breeze;
For beauty of the blooming trees,
Father in Heaven, we thank Thee!
Ralph W Emerson
The
King of Life Compass
The King of life compass, compass thee.
The loving Christ encompassing be,
The Holy Spirit, compasser he,
Unto the life-crown eternally,
Unto the life-crown eternally.
From Poems of the Western Highlanders
