Category: Daily Prayer

A piece of the storm by Mark Strand For Sharon Horvath From the shadow of domes in the city of domes, A snowflake, a blizzard of one, weightless, entered your room And made its way to the arm of the chair where you, looking up From your book, saw it the moment it landed. That’s all...

Salutation by Ezra Pound O generation of the thoroughly smug and thoroughly uncomfortable, I have seen fishermen picnicking in the sun, I have seen them with untidy families, I have seen their smiles full of teeth and heard ungainly laughter. And I am happier than you are, And they were happier than I am; And the...

Attention by Saadi Youssef Those who come by me passing I will remember them, and those who come heavy and overbearing I will forget. This is why when air gushes between mountains we describe the wind and forget the rocks. Good evening and welcome to Evening Prayer The Lord almighty grant us a quiet night and...

Music I heard by Conrad Aiken Music I heard with you was more than music, And bread I broke with you was more than bread. Now that I am without you, all is desolate, All that was once so beautiful is dead. Your hands once touched this table and this silver, And I have seen your...

Good evening, everyone. As we find the restrictions on some of our lives lifted, changed, or now seen as ‘self-imposed’, as we are asked to take more responsibility for deciding what is safe for us, and for others, I am aware that each of us is moving at a different pace. While some people are contented...

The Glory that is Blue Good day to all you Cornerstone People on this glorious summer morning when the world is ready for praise, when the world is God’s reflection. In the words of Psalm 19 – The heavens tell out the glory of God, the skies proclaim his handiwork. One day speaks to another, night...

A reading from Paul’s letter to the Colossians The Supremacy of the Son of God 15 The Son is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn over all creation. 16 For in him all things were created: things in heaven and on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or powers or rulers or authorities; all things have...

Greetings Good morning, Cornerstone friends. God is good! What a joy to join you this morning as we begin our day with some devotions. Opening prayers Loving God, we don’t know who or what will cross our path today. But we do know that you are our rock and our fortress. You are our shield and...

Late Ripeness by Czeslaw Milosz Not soon, as late as the approach of my ninetieth year, I felt a door opening in me and I entered the clarity of early morning. One after another my former lives were departing, like ships, together with their sorrow. And the countries, cities, gardens, the bays of seas assigned to...

Good morning, Cornerstone friends. Bless the Lord, O my soul, and all that is within me bless his holy name. Bless the Lord my soul, and forget not all his benefits. Who forgives your sins, and heals your infirmities. Who redeems your life and crowns you with faithfulness and compassion. Who satisfies you with good things,...

In The Dark Of The Night (Poem About Hope, Hope, Hope) By Aufie Zophy It is dark, no moon, no light Just darkness, a starless sky The wind blows, the waves break A single firefly passes by Soon the firefly is gone Leaving me in the darkest of nights The tiny fly made me anticipate A...

Little Purple Flower By Aufie Zophy I am a little purple flower My petals so extremely small I ‘ve stood in the grass for many an hour Enjoying a breeze most of all But, oh, what happened to my peers! Just yesterday, it moved me to tears While the children of John were playing their game...

Christianity Introspective by Colin Ian Jeffery God gave His cherished son, the Lord Jesus Christ Sacred spirit, who suffered for Mankind’s salvation As sacrificial lamb dying to save the faithful From the temptations and bribes of the Devil. Judas betrayed Jesus with a kiss to the High priest’s guards Was rewarded with thirty pieces of silver...

TO THE READER by Denise Levertov As you read, a white bear leisurely pees, dyeing the snow saffron, and as you read, many gods lie among lianas: eyes of obsidian are watching the generations of leaves, and as you read the sea is turning its dark pages, turning its dark pages. Good morning and welcome to...

Good evening, everyone.  Welcome to our prayer time this evening. We are going to begin by listening to a hymn written by Fred Pratt Green – ‘God, in his love for us, lent us this planet.’ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r4AeZoZatu8 God in his love for us lent us this planet, gave it a purpose in time and in space:...