PrayersLiturgyHome | AnxietyI pray for my fearfulnessI pray for my anxiousness I pray for terror and dread I pray for panic and helplessness I pray against terror and dread and despair I pray for hope and courage to dare I pray in Christ's might I pray with God's light A prayer for my fearfulness A prayer for my fear Invocation For One In TravailO God who is justiceO God who is life O God who is the breath in our bodies and the strength in our limbs O God who is every desire we ever breathed and more than we could ever imagine Fill us with your deep Spirit Earth us in the soil of your body Create in us a word so deep, so true, so red, so raw that it ignites with the original fire and births the mystery of our unfettered soul For you are love and you are compassion and you breathe into us the fire of your freedom. PsalmGod we need your helpSometimes I think all the decent people have gone For the friends we depended on have changed They speak lies to each other And deceive themselves with flattery Silence those flattering tongues O God! Close those boastful mouths that say "With our words we get what we want. We will say what we wish, and no one can stop us" "But now I will come" says God "because the needy are oppressed and the persecuted groan in pain. I will place them in the safety for which they long -- I will protect them from those who malign them" The promises of the Lord can be trusted; they are genuine as silver refined seven times in the furnace O God keep us safe from their lies From the flatterers who stalk us with lies From the proud who collect honours for their wonderful lies. Psalm for One in TroubleO Loving mystery, how many are my troublesMany confront me and rise up against me Many are saying to me "Love will not help you, God is not real" But you Loving Mystery But you Divine Presence But you Holy Mother But you Dancing Sister Are a warm blanket wrapped around me My hope and my joy Who lifts me tenderly out of despair So I shout aloud to Love And from the mountains wreathed in cloud she answers me! Exhausted I lie down to sleep But Love is with me in my dreams And with tender gentleness she summons me to life once more So although I am beset by fears So although I am surrounded by anxieties So although the demands multiply I will not be afraid For in love I was made a brave and beautiful woman And by the strength of tenderness And by the gentleness of truth Love will overcome On my own I can do nothing But in the trust of friendship But in the solidarity of love The blessing shall come to all people Silver ThreadHold the threadBy despair be not deceived By what thieves have now conceived Be not in dread The silver thread is all: Goodness, courage, enduring love The power indwelling, yet from above Saves us from destructive gall Bitterness shall be no master Regret, despair are foolish lords Holding with self-defeating cords For grace will always hold the faster Grab the silver thread! All else is causeway to the dead StormBe not afraidBe not afraid On the unsteady seas On the rolling waters On the tormented deep Hear the word of the God-man Be not afraid (Love yourself Make friends with your flesh Be acquainted with your pain) Be not afraid On the unsteady seas |