Collect
Ever-living God, Divine gift of Love
We rejoice in Life for we rejoice in the Divine presence
And we seek to live worthy of the calling to which all are called.
In Christ the power of Divine Love is revealed
And we seek to reveal the same.
In community we create a future,
an orientation of love for ourselves and for all children....
Amen
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Pray
that we may share together in bringing life to the whole. Give thanks for all that is given to us, the gifts that are Divine and the hospitality that is freely shared by those around us. Pray for those whose hands we hold and for those in whose hands we are held. Pray that we may stay in touch with the Spirit of truth and the Spirit of Justice and be open to giving of ourselves that this same spirit may be evidenced to all, that the words of our mouth and the meditations of our hearts are acceptable to God, and so bring life and light to others. Give thanks for those who share their faith and doubts so that we can grow 'In Christ'. Pray that we may know ourselves forgiven, and so forever enabled to renew our journey without the weight of the past. Pray that we may forgive the many hurts and bruises that wound us on life's journey. Give thanks for those who seek us out when we are lost. Give thanks for the Divine revealed to us through the gifts of others, drawn from us as we share of ourselves and for the gifts, the blessings and the Grace that make us uniquely who we are. Give thanks for those who bring light into our lives. Pray for the Church – that together we may know the light, and be a light for others.
A Thanksgiving for Wilderness
Creator God, we thank you that you show your face to us in wilderness and desert places.
We praise you for the deep places of the sea, and for coastlines smashed by surf and caressed by gentle waves.
We praise you for the sun-baked, wind-swept lands, and for rocks and mountains older than human memory.
We praise you for the rivers that sculpt the plains, and for salt lakes that wait for the blessing of times of flooding.
We praise you for the fragile life that flourishes in places too hot, too cold, or too dry for human comfort, and for forests rising through tropical rain and cool southern mist.
We thank you for showing your glory in creation to the first people of Australia, and for their long and careful custody of the land.
We thank you for new ways of protecting the land so that future generations may also rejoice in your handiwork.
Give us grace to recognise your wonders in the dust at our feet and the haze on the horizon, and in all the creatures you have made, in their astonishing diversity.
And give us voices to praise you in awe and gratitude, both now and for evermore. Amen
[This prayer was drafted by the Anglican General Synod Liturgy Commission in 2006. It is freely available for anyone to use. Please note that it complements the prayer resources already available in A Prayer Book for Australia (1995).]
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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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