Collect
Divine Love..... Our rock and our redeemer
Our words and the meditations of our heart seek to reflect
the joy and wonder of life lived in the Divine presence
Christ, reveals the fullness and fulfilment of life
and as members of one body
we experience a fullness that comes from giving and receiving,
a fullness that reflects our oneness with Christ....
Amen
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Pray
with thanks for each member of the body that makes our community.. give thanks for the variety of gifts that create this wonderful body...and rejoice in the foundations on which we build... and in the foundations that lay down for others..... God of love we treasure the faithfulness that is to be found in ourselves and in others, we rejoice in the divine precepts that are to be desired more than gold......... Give thanks for all who contribute to our lives and to our being, those who share their gifts with us and with others.
Pray that we may give of ourselves so that all may be made fully alive. Give thanks for all that is unfolding in creativity and love. Give thanks for all that we share in common with all people and with all faiths - Pray that we may hear when others speak of truth. Give thanks for those who bring light into our lives and for the opportunities we have to bring light into the lives of others. Give thanks for our children and for all who will continue the journey that we are on - and build on the foundations we lay.
Pray that we might feed others and nurture within ourselves a spirit of compassion.
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Spirit of life, we gather here in loving community.
Keep us in mind of the responsibilities of being human.
Give us the strength to endure,
but more, help us to bring strength to each other.
May we exclude no one intentionally,
but may our church be inclusive as we say it is.
May our coming and our going be blessed,
this day and forever more.
Amen.
Rexaehunt Progressive
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A Sesquicentenary Prayer
Lord of all generations
Bless our celebration of 150 years of ministry with the Diocese of Perth.
We give thanks for those whose dedication and vision enabled the foundation and development of this diocese.
Guide those of us now entrusted with this responsibility.
Encourage us and give us the commitment, enthusiasm and inspiration we need.
May we have breadth of vision and generosity that will enable us to provide a solid foundation of faith for future generations.
We ask this through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.
Daily Prayer from Perth Anglican Diocese See left hand column
Prayer in the tradition of St Paul
Creator of Life, of light and all Love, we pray thee
to fill this house with thy Spirit.
Here may the strong renew their strength and seek
for their working lives a noble consecration.
Here may the poor find succour and the friendless
friendship.
Here may the tempted find power, the sorrowing
comfort and the bereaved find the truth that death
hath no dominion over their beloved.
Here let the fearing find a new courage and the
doubting have their faith and hope confirmed.
Here may the careless be awakened and all that are
oppressed be freed.
Hither may many be drawn by thy love and go
hence, their doubts resolved and faith renewed,
their sins forgiven and their hearts aflame with thy
love.
Through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.
From the Chapel porch, Pleshey Retreat House, with amended
divine address.
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