Prayers for the New Year

[UAHparrothead]

Creative God, you make all things new in heaven and on earth.
We come to you in a new year with new desires and old fears,
new decisions and old controversies,
new dreams and old weaknesses.
Because you are a God of hope,
we know that you create all the possibilities of the future.
Because you are a God of love,
we know that you accept all the mistakes of the past.
Because you are the God of our faith,
we enter your gates with thanksgiving and praise,
we come into your presence with gladness and a joyful noise,
and we serve and bless you. Amen.

Prayer of Saint Francis of Assisi
Lord, make me an instrument of your peace.
Where there is hatred, let me sow love;
where there is injury, pardon;
where there is doubt, faith;
where there is despair, hope;
where there is darkness, light;
and where there is sadness, joy.


O Divine Master, grant that I may not so much seek
to be consoled as to console;
to be understood as to understand;
to be loved as to love.
For it is in giving that we receive;
it is in pardoning that we are pardoned;
and it is in dying that we are born to eternal life. Amen

May God bless you and yours in 2007

[ragtopW]

Thanks Brad..

[conched]

Yes, thanks!

[Wino you know]

Thanks from me too, Brad.
God's love & blessing be yours.

[Tequila Revenge]

I'll take all the grace and mercy available "mercy triumphs over judgement"

[Tiki Bar]

Amen.

That's beautiful Brad! Thank you and God Bless!

[jimolliemom]

Thank you Brad...that is beautiful and we all can use a prayer.

I hope this New Year brings happiness to all...

[pbans]

Thanks, Brad.....holding this one close!
New year, new starts!!

[flipflopgirl]

Thanks Brad!!! A blessed New Year to you and your family!!!!!!!

The Prayer of St.Francis of Assisi is one of my favorites!!!!!!!