Category: Daily Prayer

THE ROAD by Raymond Carver What a rough night! It’s either no dreams at all, or else a dream that may or may not be a dream portending loss. Last night I was dropped off without a word on a  country road. A house back in the hills showed a light no bigger than a star....

Hello everyone. Welcome to our Friday prayers. Today, I am going to begin our prayer time together with a reading from The Psalms – Psalm 8.  This Psalm seems particularly appropriate to read at this time of year, though, of course, we can be aware of God’s majesty and grandeur at any time. 1 Lord, our Lord,...

A reading from the Book of Job 12 ‘Have you ever given orders to the morning,   or shown the dawn its place, 13 that it might take the earth by the edges   and shake the wicked out of it? 14 The earth takes shape like clay under a seal;   its features stand out like those of a garment. 15 The...

Good morning, Cornerstone friends, and welcome to our time together to reflect and pray. On this day the Church remembers the work and witness of Martin Tyndale, translator of the Bible into the English language, who was martyred in 1536. Incline your ear, O Lord, and answer me, for I am poor and in misery. Preserve...

THE LIFE YOU COULD BE LIVING (IF YOU WERENT LIVING THIS ONE) by Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg The life you could be living aches in its compression, tires of being a spark, an asteroid, a falling raindrop bouncing when it hits. It’s wound tight between muscle and sinew, lodged in the happy gaps of a synapse. It’s fluid...

MOTHER TO SON by Langston Hughes Well, son, I’ll tell you: Life for me ain’t been no crystal stair. It’s had tacks in it, And splinters, And boards torn up, And places with no carpet on the floor— Bare. But all the time I’se been a-climbin’ on, And reachin’ landin’s, And turnin’ corners, And sometimes goin’...

Good morning at the beginning of this new month of October; this year is now definitely moving towards its end. There’s a chill in the air, a different kind of light showing up the bronze and orange and gold of autumn. Let us thank God for life and light today. Faithful God, we praise you for...

Suzanne Richardson-Bailey

Good morning, Cornerstone Friends. One of the things I most appreciate in nature is the changing of the seasons. As we look around us now we can see signs of the beginning of autumn: beautiful, lush red berries, orange and russet leaves on some of the trees, crunchy leaves underfoot, brambles growing by the redways and...

This morning, as we greet and embrace this glorious day that the Lord has made let us begin our prayers by meditating on the words of this beautiful song by Mitchell Hugh: Thy loving kindness is better than life Thy loving kindness is better than life My lips shall praise thee, thus still I bless thee...

PROGNOSIS by Jane Kenyon I walked alone in the chill of dawn while my mind leapt, as the teachers of detachment say, like a drunken monkey. Then a gray shape, an owl, passed overhead. An owl is not like a crow. A crow makes convivial chuckings as it flies, but the owl flew well beyond me...

Good morning, everyone. Welcome to our Friday prayers. I have been fortunate enough to be able to return to taking part in worship in our beautiful building for the last few Sundays, but I am acutely aware that this is not possible for everyone – and we do miss you. I have been interested to see...

A reading from Psalm 19 7 The law of the Lord is perfect, refreshing the soul. The statutes of the Lord are trustworthy, making wise the simple. 8 The precepts of the Lord are right, giving joy to the heart. The commands of the Lord are radiant, giving light to the eyes. 9 The fear of the Lord is...

Good morning, Cornerstone companions! Bless the Lord, O my soul, and all that is within me bless his holy name. Bless the Lord, O my soul, and forget not all his benefits. Who forgives all your sins and heals all your infirmities. Who redeems your life from the Pit and crowns you with faithful love and...

A CLEAR MIDNIGHT by Walt Whitman This is thy hour O Soul, thy free flight into the wordless, Away from books, away from art, the day erased, the lesson done, Thee fully forth emerging, silent, gazing, pondering the themes thou lovest best, Night, sleep, death and the stars. Good morning and welcome to Morning Prayer The...