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Welcome to the Moment of Oneness. Our readings this evening remind us we have much to be grateful for. Gratefulness brings peace to our hearts. Take a moment, breathe deeply, the Holy One is present in each breath. Let us pray:
Opening Prayer:
With grateful hearts we turn our thoughts to you, Holy One, as we give thanks. We acknowledge that:
You are the source of all our gifts,
You are the one that brings us together,
You are the one that sends us forth.
We are grateful not only for the gift of life itself,
But for all the gifts of friendship, love, devotion and forgiveness, that we have received and shared.
May our gratitude teach us more about how to live lives of service,
By deeds of hospitality,
By kindness to strangers,
By concern that goes beyond the call of duty,
By promoting restorative justice,
when people have been harmed.
We give thanks today and every day. Amen
Opening Song: All You Works of God—Marty Haugen
Reading: The Spiritual Work of Gratitude — Henri Nouwen — Bread for the journey — A Daybook of Wisdom and Faith.
To be grateful for the good things that happen in our lives is easy, but to be grateful for all our Lives, the good as well as the bad, the moments of joy as the moments of sorrow, the successes as well as the failures, the rewards as well as the rejections—-that requires hard Spiritual work. Still, we are only truly grateful people when we can say thank you for all that Has brought us to the present moment. As long as we keep dividing our lives between events And people we would like to remember and those we would like to forget, we cannot claim the Fullness of our beings as a gift of God to be grateful for. Let’s not be afraid to look at everything That has brought us to where we are now and trust that we will soon see it in the guiding hand Of a loving God.
Petitions:
Earth teach me stillness.
Earth teach me humility.
Earth teach me caring.
Earth teach me gentleness. Earth teach me freedom.
Earth teach me kindness.
Earth teach me gratitude.
Earth teach me to know the Holy One
As I daily gaze in wonder at the
marvelous mysteries of all creation. Anonymous
Closing Prayer:
We pray for our newly elected U.S. leaders.
We pray for all those with any illness and ask the Holy One to hold their hands. We pray for all the unemployed, underemployed, migrants and refugees.
We pray for all who work to promote justice by eradicating sexism, racism and discrimination of any kind.
We pray for peace throughout the world and elimination of hate. We pray for all unspoken intentions.
Moment of Silence
Closing Song: Grateful—A love song to the world (Empty Hands Music)
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