Then they came to Elim, where there were twelve springs of water and seventy palm trees; and they encamped there by the water. (Exodus 15:27)
LORD, bring us to a place of Elim springs where the weary may find rest and refreshment. Please let the Diocese of Albany and the Diocese of Down and Dromore be such places for those who are weary. Thank you for the ministries that take place at the Spiritual Life Center and throughout our two dioceses. Bless the meeting for revival that will take place this Friday at St. Michael’s Colonie. Let the river of your Spirit flow there.
They set out from Elim, and all the congregation of the people of Israel came to the Wilderness of Sin, which is between Elim and Sinai, on the fifteenth day of the second month after they had departed from the land of Egypt. (Exodus 16:1)
LORD, so many of your people are in the wilderness of sin: direct their footsteps out of the “miry clay” and bring them to the freedom of your Holy Spirit.
And the whole congregation of the people of Israel murmured against Moses and Aaron in the wilderness, (Exodus 16:2)
Holy Spirit, please help us repent of grumbling against the clergy you have placed over us to guide us on our journey out of Egypt and the land of bondage.
and said to them, “Would that we had died by the hand of the LORD in the land of Egypt, when we sat by the fleshpots and ate bread to the full; for you have brought us out into this wilderness to kill this whole assembly with hunger.” (Exodus 16:3)
Father, please help us repent of wanting to satisfy the desires of the flesh by returning to the bondage of sin.
Then the LORD said to Moses, “Behold, I will rain bread from heaven for you; and the people shall go out and gather a day’s portion every day, that I may prove them, whether they will walk in my law or not. (Exodus 16:4)
Jesus, you have given us bread from heaven — your own body and blood — please help us daily walk in your ways. Thank you.
For you will light my lamp; the Lord my God will enlighten my darkness. (Psalm 18:28 )
LORD God, help us walk by the light of your word.
For by you I can run against a troop, by my God I can leap over a wall. (Psalm 18:29)
Holy Spirit, please give us strength to run the race that is set before us and help us leap over the walls that divide us from one another. Thank you.
Thursday: 18:21-50; Exodus 16:10-22; 1 Peter 2:11-25; John 15:12-27
Friday: 134, 135; Exodus 16:23-36; 1 Peter 3:13-4:6; John 16:1-15
Notes from the Front Line
***** Check out “Be Thou My Vision” http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yy6hST_Ysz0&feature=related
***** Date: Wed, 14 Apr 2010 7:55 pm
From: SisterMaryElizabeth
Subject: Update on Mother Miriam
Alleluias are on our lips this evening. Mother Miriam is up and walking the corridors of the Cardio-Pulmonary Surgical Unit. Her recovery has been slow due to her body’s complicated response to the support technology and medications. She is beginning to come back, though, and was able to whisper this afternoon, “My heart no longer hurts.” Thanks be to God!
Continue to pray for pain control and for healing of the areas affected by the movement of the scope during surgery. Pray also for stabilization of her vascular system and a weaning from blood pressure medications. Most of her negative symptoms are ancillary to the post-surgical pain, so focus on release from this pain.
God bless you all for your faithfulness in prayer!
Sister Mary Elizabeth, CSM
***** Check out the vision of a shared vision for Belfast at http://vimeo.com/10550960.
***** Check out St. Patrick’s Breastplate at http://vimeo.com/10220862. Note verses 6 and 7 below:
St. Patrick’s Breastplate
1. I bind unto myself today
The strong Name of the Trinity,
By invocation of the same
The Three in One and One in Three.
2. I bind this day to me forever
By power of faith, Christ’s incarnation;
His baptism in Jordan river,
His death on Cross for my salvation;
His bursting from the spicèd tomb,
His riding up the heavenly way,
His coming at the day of doom
I bind unto myself today.
3. I bind unto myself the power
Of the great love of cherubim;
The sweet ‘Well done’ in judgment hour,
The service of the seraphim,
Confessors’ faith, Apostles’ word,
The Patriarchs’ prayers, the prophets’ scrolls,
All good deeds done unto the Lord
And purity of virgin souls.
4. I bind unto myself today
The virtues of the star lit heaven,
The glorious sun’s life giving ray,
The whiteness of the moon at even,
The flashing of the lightning free,
The whirling wind’s tempestuous shocks,
The stable earth, the deep salt sea
Around the old eternal rocks.
5. I bind unto myself today
The power of God to hold and lead,
His eye to watch, His might to stay,
His ear to hearken to my need.
The wisdom of my God to teach,
His hand to guide, His shield to ward;
The word of God to give me speech,
His heavenly host to be my guard.
6. Against the demon snares of sin,
The vice that gives temptation force,
The natural lusts that war within,
The hostile men that mar my course;
Or few or many, far or nigh,
In every place and in all hours,
Against their fierce hostility
I bind to me these holy powers.
7. Against all Satan’s spells and wiles,
Against false words of heresy,
Against the knowledge that defiles,
Against the heart’s idolatry,
Against the wizard’s evil craft,
Against the death wound and the burning,
The choking wave, the poisoned shaft,
Protect me, Christ, till Thy returning.
8. Christ be with me, Christ within me,
Christ behind me, Christ before me,
Christ beside me, Christ to win me,
Christ to comfort and restore me.
Christ beneath me, Christ above me,
Christ in quiet, Christ in danger,
Christ in hearts of all that love me,
Christ in mouth of friend and stranger.
9. I bind unto myself the Name,
The strong Name of the Trinity,
By invocation of the same,
The Three in One and One in Three.
By Whom all nature hath creation,
Eternal Father, Spirit, Word:
Praise to the Lord of my salvation,
Salvation is of Christ the Lord.
Albany Intercessor
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