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My Lord God,
I have no idea where I am going.
I do not see the road ahead of me.
I cannot know for certain where it will end.
Nor do I really know myself, and
The fact that I think I am following your will
Does not mean that I am actually doing so.
But I believe that the desire to please you
Does in fact please you.
And I hope I have that desire in all that I am doing.
I hope that I will never do anything apart from that desire.
And I know that if I do this you will lead me by the right road
Though I may know nothing about it.
Therefore I will trust you always
Though may seem to be lost and in the shadow of death.
I will not fear, for you are ever with me,
And you will never leave me to face my perils alone.
Source: Merton, Thoughts in Solitude (New York: Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 1976)
Prayers for Lent
Prayers for peace
Taizé prayer (www.taize.fr)
Tim Serban, volunteer partner lead for the Spiritual Care Response Team of the American Red Cross, Washington, DC, coordinated and provided spiritual care on 9/11 as part of the American Red Cross Spiritual Care Response Team at the World Trade Center in New York City. At the request of the NACC, he has prepared a 10th anniversary prayer service that can be adapted by chaplains for their own use. It will be published online in the September-October issue of Vision, but we present it here first so that member chaplains can begin now to plan a ritual for their own setting.
9/11 Tenth Anniversary Prayer Service (MS Word doc)
Joan C. Horgan. D. Min., BCC, is the Director, Pastoral Care Services, for Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital Network. She developed this interfaith prayer service for peace as a way to commemorate the tenth anniversary of Sept 11, 2001, for the Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital Network.
This can be adapted/changed as desired by anyone who is interested in using all or part of it. Scripture readings and prayers are included.
September 11 Commemoration Service - NACC
Visit CHA's collection of prayers for Advent, Feast Days, Homily aids, Lent, Long-term care, Meeting prayers, Seasonal, special occasion, and more.
Prayer Index on the CHA website
www.usccb.org/prayer-and-worship/prayers/
Another collection by type, including prayers for times of crisis, mealtimes, special occasions, and general prayers.
A very extensive collection.
Education for Justice, a project of Center for Concern, offers a list of prayer resources at the link below.
Online guided prayer.
"Sacred Space is a work of the Irish Province of the Society of Jesus. It originated in the offices of the Jesuit Communication Centre in Ireland in 1999. Being a ministry of the Irish Jesuits, it is inspired by the spirituality of Saint Ignatius of Loyola (Ignatian spirituality)."
To suggest a prayer, resource, or link for this page: send an email to Susanne Chawszczewski at schaw@nacc.org.