Category: Daily Prayer

I am not I. By Juan Ramon Jimenez I am this one walking beside me whom I do not see, whom at times I manage to visit, and whom at other times I forget; who remains calm and silent while I talk, and forgives, gently, when I hate, who walks where I am not, who will...

Words That Wait to Be Said By Jeanne Lohmann Having come to the place where I no longer wish to be anyone else, astonished to find I’ve traveled far enough to let the children go and put the old ladder of perfection away behind the other antiques in the barn, what needs me now is joy,...

‘Christ in the desert’ – is the first thing that I worked on seriously, I drew it with tears and blood …, it is the result of my deep suffering … the result of many years of searching …. Ivan Kramskoy, artist On this second Friday of Lent, I’d like to share with you this painting,...

Good morning to all of you who come to Christ the Cornerstone for prayer as February draws to a close, as the time of seclusion moves on in slow stages towards increasing community. Let us begin with thanks to God who has brought us safely to the light of day, beginning with words from Psalm 22....

A reading from Psalm 22 23 You who fear the Lord, praise him! All you descendants of Jacob, honour him! Revere him, all you descendants of Israel! 24 For he has not despised or scornedthe suffering of the afflicted one; he has not hidden his face from him but has listened to his cry for help. 25 From you...

Second Temptation – To Be Spectacular Matthew 4:5–7 He will command his angels concerning you to guard you in all your ways; On their hands they will bear you up, so that you will not dash your foot against a stone. Psalm 91: 11–12 For forty days and forty nights Jesus sleeps under the stars, waking...

Beloved is Where We Begin By Jan Richardson If you would enter into the wilderness, do not begin without a blessing. Do not leave without hearing who you are: Beloved, named by the One who has traveled this path before you. Do not go without letting it echo in your ears, and if you find it...

Good morning, Cornerstone friends on this day with promise of Spring. The government have outlined a programme to remove the restrictions on movement and meeting together, so it is a day to be thankful. My soul is pining for your salvation; I have hoped in your word. My eyes fail with watching for your word, while...

Derailleur of the Heart By Rosemerry Wahtola Trommer Because our conversation feels like riding a bike uphill, I think of gears. I think of how easy it is to shift lower, how a simple flick of the thumb makes the impossible possible. Where are the gears for love? There must be better ways to use our...

Walking Past the Mud Puddle By Rosemerry Wahtola Trommer  Today I feel too clean to play, but oh there was that day when you and I walked past the mud puddle, all slick and ooze, a miresome mess, and we reached our fingers into the sludge and smeared the muck onto each other’s faces— thick mud,...

Cast All Your Votes For Dancing By Hafiz  I know the voice of depression Still calls to you. I know those habits that can ruin your life Still send their invitations. But you are with the Friend now And look so much stronger. You can stay that way And even bloom! Keep squeezing drops of the...

A Work for Poets by George Mackay Brown  To have carved on the days of our vanity A sun A ship A star A cornstalk Also a few marks From an ancient forgotten time A child may read That not far from the stone A well Might open for way farers Here is a work for...

Sometimes, it seems no time at all since Christmas, yet this week we have entered the season of Lent. I wonder what Lent means to you. In my early childhood, it did not mean much to me, but when I attended an Anglican secondary school, we were taught about the church year in our RE lessons....