Acta Publications: Prayer of the Week http://www.actapublications.com/ ACTA Publications offers their weekly Prayer of the Week. en-us Fri, 30 Jul 2010 16:36:40 -0500 Copyright 2008 actapublications.com <![CDATA[ Bless Our Land ]]>

from the book A

Contemporary North American
Prayer Book
by William John Fitzgerald



Bless our land from sea to sea.

Bless the fields giving life to me.

Bless the earth beneath my feet.

Bless the food we have to eat.



And yet, Creator God,

this is not "ordinary time."



This is extraordinary time,

when fertile earth lies supine,

forests are despoiled,

deserts are cursed by drought,

icebergs are melted by global warming,

bringing chaos out of paradise.



What I do for the earth,

I do for all the children.

Let the earth be for them

no desert, but precious gem.



Bless these children.

Bless their future life.

Bless the earth,

the womb of life.



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]]> Fri, 9 Jul 2010 12:00:00 -0500 acta@actapublications.com (Acta Publications) <![CDATA[ Father's Day ]]>

from the book
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Home and

Family



God our Father,

we praise you and bless you

for the life you have given us

through your saving love,

revealed in Jesus your Son.

Through Christ you have revealed yourself

as a loving father who provides for us all.



Look with love upon our father

and bless him with your love.

Deepen his love for his wife and family

and make us one in love

with all your holy people

as we proclaim your mighty deeds

and sing your praises.



We offer you praise and glory,

through Jesus Christ our Lord.



Amen.



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by Bernadette McCarver Snyder
from the book
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The pinecone tree in my front yard is shaped like a lacy umbrella that somebody used to fend off a burglar. Its

twisted staves and branches droop unashamedly on one side, while the other side spreads out jauntily. I call it

my Resurrection Tree. Every year, a few limbs dry up and fall off, and I think the end is near. But no: It

reaches out with new, lacy but uncoordinated limbs and continues to produce a carpet of pinecones. Other people

make lovely wreaths and decorations from pinecones, so I package mine up and give them to those other people.

But I love the spunk of this tree. I check on it regularly, carting away the broken bits and pieces, gently

patting its trunk (because I’m afraid a good shove would knock it down), and using it as a role model for my

own broken bits and pieces.



Dear Lord, give me the gumption of that imperfect, lacy umbrella. When I am tempted to give in or give up,

stick a pinecone in my ear and whisper, “Resurrection.” I know there are many forlorn places on the earth that

would welcome the meager shade of even one lopsided tree. Bless them, Lord. Send them rain for their crops,

seed for their tomorrows, and a Resurrection harvest.




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]]> Fri, 11 Jun 2010 12:00:00 -0500 acta@actapublications.com (Acta Publications) <![CDATA[ For Those Who Share Their Healing Gifts ]]>

by Leslie D. Weatherhead
from the book Prayers from Around the World and Across the Ages
by Victor M. Parachin




We thank you for every ministry of healing

offered to those who suffer;

for the hospitals of our land and for all who staff them;

for the skills of doctors, surgeons, and psychiatrists,

for for dental surgeons, nurses, physiotherapists,

masseurs and technicians;

for the discovery of anesthetics and anodynes;

for curative drugs, for psychological methods,

and every means of making people whole.



Show us how to prevent the burden of suffering

which weighs on so many lives,

that the humanity for which Christ died

may be indeed redeemed in body, mind, and spirit.



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]]> Thu, 8 Apr 2010 12:00:00 -0500 acta@actapublications.com (Acta Publications) <![CDATA[ Blessing of Easter Foods ]]>

from the book Blessings and Prayers for
Home and Family



Lord Jesus Christ,

after you were raised from the dead

you prepared food on a charcoal fire,

and invited your disciples to come and have breakfast.



As we celebrate your resurrection,

Come to our table:

open our eyes to your glorious presence,

our minds to the holy Scriptures,

and bless our food so that we may joyfully partake

in the sharing of the victory of your love over hatred

and life over death.



Amen.



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