A wedding is for a day; A marriage for a life—as God grants us enduring grace In which to love and thrive. You are our dwelling-place, O Lord. Yet for this Earthly journey You have graciously offered us love’s presence Embodied in one another: To be each other’s nearest neighbor, To be companioned through the inevitable straits of life, To hear a voice beside us in the dark, And know the healing touch of a loving embrace. We commit...
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Late justice may be more useless than none. Some expungings or making-rights or getting-backs lack the capacity to correct. The formerly aggrieved become exacting in unattractive ways: intolerant of delay, determined to collect. And shocked— shocked—at their new unappeasableness, who had so long been so reasonable. (Kay...
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First Movement Lectio: Settling & Shimmering Begin by finding a comfortable position where you can remain alert and yet also relax your body. Bring your attention to your breath and allow a few moments to become centered. If you find yourself distracted at any time, gently return to the rhythm of your breath as an anchor for your awareness. Allow yourself to settle into this moment and become fully present. Read your selected...
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O Angel guardian of my right hand, Attend thou me this night, Rescue thou me in the battling floods, Array me in thy linen, for I am naked; Succor me, for I am feeble and forlorn. Steer thou my coracle in the crooked eddies, Guide thou my step in gap and in pit, Guard thou me in the treacherous turnings, And save thou me from the scaith* of the wicked, Save thou me from scaith this night. Drive thou from me the taint of pollution,...
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Do not conform any longer to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what God’s will is—his good, pleasing, and perfect will. (Romans 12:2) Lord, sometimes I feel like my emotions need a makeover. Renovate me—transform me so I can be balanced and healthy in my emotions. I ask for your power to change. I don’t want to be the way I used to be. I want to...
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