Posts Tagged “prayer”
Not Forever
by i.burgess on June 24, 2011
Yesterday I wrote a lengthy piece about experiencing the harsh hand of the Lord. I drew from the language of the Exiles to show how terrible, hurting experiences are not void of God’s presence and there is no sin in admitting that these things are held in his hand. I tried to follow the Mourner’s [...]
Tables Turned
by i.burgess on April 18, 2011
Yesterday was Palm Sunday, the day when the church traditionally celebrates the entry of Jesus into Jerusalem for the final time. In Luke’s Gospel, Jesus’ journey towards Jerusalem forms a significant theme in his recording of his ministry. Luke 9:51, Jesus ‘set his face’ toward Jerusalem. This centre of first century Palestine. The capital, the concentrated centre [...]
Veni Creator Spiritus
by i.burgess on March 25, 2011
Come, Holy Ghost, our souls inspire, And lighten with celestial fire; Thou the anointing Spirit art, Who dost thy sevenfold gifts impart. Thy blessed unction from above Is comfort, life, and fire of love; Enable with perpetual light The dullness of our blinded sight. Anoint and sheer our soiled face With the abundance of thy grace; Keep [...]
Praying with Kierkegaard
by i.burgess on February 26, 2011
O Lord Jesus Christ, there is so much to drag us back: empty pursuits, trivial pleasures, unworthy cares. There is so much to frighten us away: a pride too cowardly to submit to being helped, cowardly apprehensiveness which evades danger to its own destruction, anguish for sin which shuns holy cleansing as disease shuns medicine. [...]
Eucharistic Hymn
by i.burgess on December 11, 2010
This day receive me Son of God Communing at your mystic feast, For I will not betray You Mystery to your foes; Will never give a kiss Like that which Judas gave, But like the thief I shall confess to you: In your royal kingdom, Lord, Be mindful then of me. Liturgy of St John [...]
Valentines Blessing
by i.burgess on February 14, 2010
It hurts me to write this. Really, I’d rather dip my face in burning acid than admit it, but one of the clearest and most blessed ways by which God reveals himself is by the union of man and woman. Marriage shows the perfect representation of the invisible God, as together man and woman are [...]
Lessons in Honesty
by i.burgess on January 27, 2010
Struggling? Been praying for change? God has finally heard my cry. Here’s how it worked for me: “Hey dude, can we talk” “Sure” (Later) “I’ve been really struggling with X” “Thank you so much for sharing that, I’ve been really struggling with Y” “Can we talk about X and Y more often” “That would be [...]
How Majestic Your Name
by i.burgess on January 5, 2010
Sadly I can’t see the moon from my current position, without straining to look around. I think the night sky can unite many of us, throughout the ages and across the world people have looked up, out and encountered something far bigger and outside of themselves . Work ceases in the dark. Tending of fields [...]
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