Inspiration

These gifts I ask of the Spirit:
Serene Strength for the daily task
Courage to face the road
Good Cheer to help me bear the traveler's load
and for the hours of rest that come between An Inward Joy of All Things Heard & Seen.
-Henry Van Dyke

My life is an instant - an hour which passes by
My life is a moment - which I have no power to stay
You know O my God that to love you here on earth - I only have today.
-St. Therese of Lisieux

Give me a pure heart that I may see thee
A humble heart that I may hear thee
A heart of love that I may serve thee
A heart of faith that I may abide in thee.
-Dag Hammarskjold

I believe in the SUN even when it is not shining.
I believe in LOVE even when I cannot feel it.
I believe in GOD even when He is silent.
-Anonymous Jewish prisoner during the Holocaust

God grant me the sernity to accept the things I cannot change
Courage to change the things I can and
Wisdom to know the difference.
-Reinhold Niebuhr

Teach Us Good Lord to Serve Thee
As thou deservest
To GIVE and not count the cost
To FIGHT and not heed the wounds
To TOIL and not to seek for rest
To LABOUR and not to ask for any reward
save that of knowing that we do Thy will.
-St. Ignatius of Loyola

DEAR LORD
I expect to pass through this world but once;
and any good thing therefore that I can do OR
any kindness that I can show to any fellow creature
LET ME DO IT NOW
let me not defer or neglect it for I may not pass this way again.
-Stephen Grellet

Let there be peace on earth
and let it begin with me
Let there be peace on earth
the peace that was meant to be
With God as our Father
brothers all are we
Let me walk with my brother
in perfect harmony
Let peace begin with me
let this be the moment now
With every step I take
let this be the solemn vow
To take each moment and live each moment in Peace eternally
Let there be peace on earth
and let it begin with me.
-Jill Jackson and Sy Miller

Lord, make me an instrumentof your peace
Where there is hatred, let me sow love
Where there is injury, pardon
Where there is doubt, faith
Where there is despair, hope
Where there is darkness, light
Where there is sadness, joy
O divine Master, grant that I may not so much seek
To be consoled as to console
To be understood as to understand
To be loved as to love
For it is in giving that we receive
It is in pardoning that we are pardoned
It is in dying that we are born to eternal life.
AMEN.
-St. Francis of Assisi

An Irish Blessing
May the road rise to meet you
May the wind be always at your back
May the sun shine warm on your face
The rain softly on your fields
and until we meet again
May God hold you in the palm of His hand.
-Anonymous

The LORD is my Shepherd
I shall not want
He makes me lie down in green pastures
He leads me beside the still waters
He restores my Soul.
-Psalm 23:1-3

OUR FATHER
Who art in heaven,
Hallowed be Thy name
Thy kingdom come
Thy will be done
on earth as it is in heaven
Give us this day our daily bread
And forgive us our trespasses
As we forgive those who trespass against us
And lead us not into temptation
But deliver us from evil
For Thine is the kingdom
And the power
And the glory forever
AMEN.
-Matthew 6:9-13