Category: Daily Prayer

A SAD CHILD by Margaret Atwood You’re sad because you’re sad. It’s psychic. It’s the age. It’s chemical. Go see a shrink or take a pill, or hug your sadness like an eyeless doll you need to sleep. Well, all children are sad but some get over it. Count your blessings. Better than that, buy a...

Morning prayers Today our meditation is from 1 Kings 18:17-46 (NIV) 17 When he saw Elijah, he said to him, ‘Is that you, you troubler of Israel?’ 18 ‘I have not made trouble for Israel,’ Elijah replied. ‘But you and your father’s family have. You have abandoned the Lord’s commands and have followed the Baals. 19 Now summon the people from...

Good morning Living Stones Let us meet in a spirit of genuine love, friendship, respect, and understanding. Heavenly Father We begin our day with thanksgiving to you For protecting us throughout the night We give thanks to You For one of our greatest blessings The gift of waking up to experience another day We are encouraged...

Good Morning  Living Stones Family!! We give thanks to God for giving us yet another day. We are living in challenging times of natural disasters, illnesses, losses and list is endless but we have been granted this day; not by mighty but just God’s grace. Let us be glad and rejoice. “You are the glorious morning,...

On traveling to beautiful places by Mary Oliver Every day I’m still looking for God and I’m still finding him everywhere, in the dust, in the flowerbeds. Certainly in the oceans, In the islands that lay in the distance Continents of ice, countries of sand Each with its own set of creatures And God, by whatever...

Good morning to you all, God’s people, as this Friday morning brightens away from the sleepy darkness of restful night. Let us praise God together in this new day’s light. Thanks to you, O Lord our Preserver, who sustains our lives through the changing seasons of life and light. Through youthful spring and the soft light...

Morning prayer from Suzanne Richardson-Bailey (audio only).

Good morning, Cornerstone Friends. I was delighted to be asked to join those providing daily prayers since I have so much appreciated all the prayers written for us since the start of the pandemic. And also the opportunity they have given to feel a real connection with you all. As we start a new day, let...

LIKE THEY SAY by Robert Creeley Underneath the tree on some soft grass I sat, I watched two happy woodpeckers be disturbed by my presence. And why not, I thought to myself, why not. Good morning and welcome to Morning Prayer The night has passed, and the day lies open before us; let us pray with...

Morning prayer for Monday
by Revd Ernesto Lozada-Uzuriaga

Have you found some of the recent news broadcasts difficult to listen to, as I have?  While our hearts may have been uplifted by the determination and achievements of those taking part in the Paralympic Games, nevertheless much of our news, especially some of the harrowing stories from Afghanistan, has brought feelings of shock, disappointment, or...

A reading of Psalm 146 1 Praise the Lord. Praise the Lord, my soul. 2 I will praise the Lord all my life; I will sing praise to my God as long as I live. 3 Do not put your trust in princes, in human beings, who cannot save. 4 When their spirit departs, they return to the ground; on...

Good morning Cornerstone friends. Welcome back to regular daily prayer bulletins. When we took a break it was still high summer, now on my daily walks in the park I am picking blackberries from the brambles in the hedgerow, the days now feel that much shorter and families are preparing for children returning to school. Let...

Good evening, everyone. Welcome to Friday evening’s prayers. Let us pray: God, our Maker, Support and Guide, we thank you for this opportunity to reflect on your generosity to us and your constant care. Thank you that we have the confidence to know that we do not have to earn your love, but that it is...