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Voice of the Day: Nilus of Ancyra
11-14-2013
"We should remain within the limits imposed by our basic needs and strive with all our power not to exceed them. For once we are carried a little beyond these limits in our desire for the pleasures of life, there is then no criterion by which to check our onward movement, since no bounds can be set to that which exceeds the necessary."
- Nilus of Ancyra
Nilus of Ancyra
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Prayer of the Day: Our Diverse Cultural Context
11-14-2013
Heavenly creator, we pray for the Church, may we continue the evangelical mission of Christ by bringing our faith readily in dialogue with our greater culture. We pray that the Holy Spirit may grant us wisdom for living the Christian faith in our diverse and plural cultural context. We pray for the Holy Spirit to keep us from squandering the gifts and talent with which God blesses us for the love and service of others.
Verse of the Day: Amos 6:4-7
11-14-2013
Alas for those who lie on beds of ivory, and lounge on their couches, and eat lambs from the flock, and calves from the stall; who sing idle songs to the sound of the harp, and like David improvise on instruments of music; who drink wine from bowls, and anoint themselves with the finest oils, but are not grieved over the ruin of Joseph!
Therefore they shall now be the first to go into exile, and the revelry of the loungers shall pass away.
- Amos 6:4-7
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Verse of the Day: John 14:15-17
11-13-2013
If you love me, you will keep my commandments. And I will ask the Father, and he will give you another Advocate, to be with you for ever. This is the Spirit of truth, whom the world cannot receive, because it neither sees him nor knows him. You know him, because he abides with you, and he will be in you.
- John 14:15-17
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11-13-2013
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Voice of the Day: Georges Bernarnos
11-13-2013
"The wish to pray is a prayer in itself."
- Georges Bernarnos
Georges Bernarnos, Diary of a Country Priest
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Prayer of the Day: As the Day Rises
11-12-2013
O Lord, let my soul rise up to meet you as the day rises to meet the sun. Thank you God, that each morning you provide a new opportunity for us to follow you. We offer you the best of what we have, what already belongs to you. Let your tender mercies come to us that we might live. Amen.
- From Common Prayer: A Liturgy for Ordinary Radicals
Voice of the Day: Audre Lorde
11-12-2013
It is not our differences that divide us. It is our inability to recognize, accept, and celebrate those differences.
- Audre Lorde
Audre Lorde
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Verse of the Day: Psalm 78:13-16
11-12-2013
[God] divided the sea and let them pass through it, and made the waters stand like a heap. In the daytime [God] led them with a cloud, and all night long with a fiery light. [God] split rocks open in the wilderness, and gave them drink abundantly as from the deep. [God] made streams come out of the rock, and caused waters to flow down like rivers.
- Psalm 78:13-16
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Voice of the Day: Jean Vanier
11-11-2013
"Peace is not stasis; it is not the absence of violence: where there is isolation, separation and indifference between peoples, conflict can break out at any time. Nor is it simply civility and respect for the law, in which the walls of separation remain firm. Peace, rather, is the counter-dynamic to competition, rivalry and the clash of strengths. Peace can only come when the chain of violence is broken and the weaker members of society are fully welcomed, loved and respected."
- Jean Vanier
Jean Vanier
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Verse of the Day: Ephesians 4:31-32
11-11-2013
Put away from you all bitterness and wrath and anger and wrangling and slander, together with all malice, and be kind to one another, tender-hearted, forgiving one another, as God in Christ has forgiven you.
- Ephesians 4:31-32
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Prayer of the Day: The Gospel in Our Diverse World
11-11-2013
God, we pray that we may continue to proclaim the Gospel faithfully in our diverse world, sharing God's invitation to the fullness of life through our words and deeds. We ask for courage to reach out to the poor, may we encounter the face of Christ through the love we share with one another through acts of charity, justice, and compassion. Amen.
Voice of the Day: Marian Wright Edelman
11-08-2013
Learn to be quiet enough to hear the genuine within yourself so that you can hear it in others.
- Marian Wright Edelman
Marian Wright Edelman
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Verse of the Day: Genesis 8:21-22
11-08-2013
And when the Lord smelt the pleasing odor, the Lord said in [the Lord's] heart, ‘I will never again curse the ground because of humankind, for the inclination of the human heart is evil from youth; nor will I ever again destroy every living creature as I have done. As long as the earth endures, seedtime and harvest, cold and heat, summer and winter, day and night, shall not cease.’
- Genesis 8:21-22
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Prayer of the Day: God's Unfolding Reign
11-08-2013
Lord, hear our prayer. May we concern ourselves with revealing the kingdom of God through our faithful commitment to the mission of Jesus Christ. We pray for hope in the continued unfolding of the kingdom of God in our midst, trusting in Christ's reign to triump, especially for those who suffer, who lack, who mourn, and who despair. Bless us with the courage to be living signs of God's unfolding reign. Amen.
Prayer of the Day: The Lord's Prayer
11-07-2013
Eternal Spirit, Earth-maker, Pain-bearer, Life-giver, Source of all that is and that shall be, Father and Mother of us all, Loving God, in whom is heaven: The hallowing of your name echo through the universe! The way of your justice be followed by the peoples of the world! your heavenly will be done by all created beings! Your commonwealth of peace and freedom sustain our hope and come on earth! Amen.
- From A New Zealand Prayer Book
Verse of the Day: Revelation 7:16-17
11-07-2013
They will hunger no more, and thirst no more;
the sun will not strike them,
nor any scorching heat;
for the Lamb at the center of the throne will be their shepherd,
and [God] will guide them to springs of the water of life,
and God will wipe away every tear from their eyes.’
- Revelation 7:16-17
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Voice of the Day: Morihei Ueshiba
11-07-2013
Peace originates with the flow of things—its heart is like the movement of the wind and waves. The Way is like the veins that circulate blood through our bodies, following the natural flow of the life force. If you are separated in the slightest from that divine essence, you are far off the path.
- Morihei Ueshiba
Morihei Ueshiba
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Voice of the Day: Zora Neale Hurston
11-06-2013
Love makes your soul crawl out from its hiding place.
- Zora Neale Hurston
Zora Neale Hurston
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Verse of the Day: Psalm 78:38-40
11-06-2013
Yet [God], being compassionate, forgave their iniquity, and did not destroy them; often [God] restrained [God's] anger, and did not stir up all [God's] wrath. [God] remembered that they were but flesh, a wind that passes and does not come again. How often they rebelled against [God] in the wilderness and grieved [God] in the desert!
- Psalm 78:38-40
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