2/25/25
500 Pocket Crosses!
Above is a photo of 500 of this year's Pocket Crosses!
For a close up, here's one:
To receive this year's Cross (free!)
- go to this link!
NIGHT PRAYER: Tuesday 2/25

2/24/25
Pause for Prayer: TUESDAY 2/25
Who doesn't long and pray
for restful nights and peaceful days?
Who doesn't wait an end
to days of anxious, worried fears?
Who among us hasn't prayed
for nights of good, deep sleep?
to be accepted, known and loved?
differ all that much from mine?
From the same place deep within, Lord,
we share a common thirst
and all who share our hunger
seek that love that feeds the heart...
Amen.
NIGHT PRAYER: Monday 2/24

O Lord, Hear My Prayer by Taize
Monday Morning Offering: 2/24
Image: George Mendoza
Good morning, good God!
Some days that pack can be pretty heavy, Lord:
it holds my hurts and helplessness,
stores my grudges and discouragement,
straps on old anger and anxiety…
And this pack has side pockets, Lord:
holding fears and old tears close at hand,
easy to reach and rely on
when yesterday's pain seems easier
than today's demands
and more real than tomorrow's promise...
Some day's, my heart's bent over, Lord,
from the burden of my baggage
and this morning I want to offer you
this pack of my problems,
the weight of my worries...
from my heart's hunched shoulders, Lord…
Give me the courage to let go of it
for today, for an hour, for even a few minutes...
Let me know the lightness
of a heart unfettered by fears,
a mind delivered from doubt,
a soul surrendered and serene...
Give me the courage, Lord, to open my pack,
to offer and place in your hands
what I no longer need to carry,
what weighs me down,
what tires my soul,
what keeps me from joy...
my worries for easing,
my pain for healing,
my sins for mercy:
help me believe, Lord,
in the light and peaceful heart
you want me to have,
to let that pack slip from my soul's shoulders
for today, for an hour, for long enough
to stand and stretch and bask
in the peace of a heart
And along my path this day, Lord,
help me to lift the hearts of others,
trusting that in sharing each other's troubles
our burdens are halved, not doubled...
In your heart, Lord,
I place my own
and pray for healing
and for hope...
Amen.
2/23/25
NIGHT PRAYER: Sunday 2/23

“Love your enemies,
bless those who curse you,
Do to others
For if you love those who love you,
what credit is that to you?
Even sinners love those who love them...
But rather, love your enemies
Be merciful,
Stop judging
Stop condemning
Forgive
2/22/25
Pause for Prayer: SUNDAY 2/23
![]() |
Image source: Sugar Mountain Farm |
I want to know you're there, Lord.
Well, no, not there -
I want to know you're here!
that you know me
and that you truly care -
to wherever I may be going
be obvious or mysterious
but most of all, Lord -
Take a break and sit with me.
in a sentence, a phrase,
in the pages of scriptures
or the tales of my heart,
in my thoughts, in a dream,
in my sorrows, my joys...
Just say something I can hear
in my mind, in my heart,
Well, not just there or some everywhere,
I want to know -
Speak to me, Lord:
break the lonely silence
and speak to me...
Unplug the ears of my heart,
break through my doubt and my pride.
Let the sound, the word,
the breath of your presence
echo within me,
somewhere inside me,
deep in my heart of hearts...
Help me hear you and trust you
and get to know you
Amen.
NIGHT PRAYER: Saturday 2/22

Take, Lord, receive, all my liberty.
My memory, understanding, my entire will!
that's enough for me!
Your love and your grace are enough for me!
Take Lord, receive, all I have and possess.
You have given all to me, now I return it.
Take Lord receive, all is yours now.
Dispose of it, wholly according to your will.
Please pray for Pope Francis
on earth, as it is in heaven.
Blessed art thou among women,
and blessed is the fruit of thy womb, Jesus.
and to the Son,
and to the Holy Spirit.
As it was in the beginning, is now,
and ever shall be,
world without end.