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| August Dahlia ~ Vulcan |
Pope Francis travels to Ireland this week to participate in the world meeting of families./ We pray for a Church that heals and welcomes families in their struggle and variety./ We pray to the Lord.
California's fires and Florida's toxic red tides are catastrophic environmental disasters./ We pray for this planet/ which sustains our lives./ May we take better care./ We pray to the Lord.
August is a month of abundance./ We ask for aware and grateful hearts/ praying for those who never know abundance,/ but only loss and deprivation./ May we be eager to share./ We pray to the Lord.
We ask to be personally healed of any sense of failure,/ guilt and shame we might still carry./ May we know that love of God which long ago accepted our contrite hearts/ and is pleased for our best efforts./ We pray to the Lord.
Bless our families and friends with peace,/ health and security./ Give us greatness of soul which remembers every good thing done to us,/ putting to rest any evil we have had to endure./ Forgive the harm we may have done to others./ We pray to the Lord.
Grateful for those relationships which have brought joy and growth over the years,/ we also pray for those who have died,/ asking for them the healing and fullness of life in God/ which we call heaven./ We pray to the Lord.
