Grant unto us Lord that we may set our hope on Thy nameand open the eyes of our hearts that wemay know Thee.We beseech Thee Lord and Master to be our help and succour. Save those among us who are intribulation have mercy on the lowly lift up the fallen show Thyself to those in need heal the sick turnagain the wanderers of Thy people feed the hungry ransom our prisoners raise up the weak comfortthe faint-hearted. Let all nations know that Thou art God alone and that Jesus Christ is Thy Son andthat we are Thy people and the sheep of Thy pasture.We praise Thee who art able to do these and better things than these through Jesus Christ the HighPriest and Guardian of our souls through whom be glory and majesty to Thee both now andthroughout all generations for ever and ever. Amen.

Prayer The act of falling to your knees in pleading fashion seeking help from a greater power than all else to have failed you previously.

A prayerless age will have but scant models of divine power. The age may be a better age than the past but there is an infinite distance between the betterment of an age by the force of an advancing civilization and its betterment by the increase of holiness and Christlikeness by the energy of prayer.

Father in those moments of utter exasperation help me to want You as much as I need You

God withholds blessing only in wisdom never in spite or aloofness.

Since both the departed saints and we ourselves are in Christ we share with them in the communion of saints. They are still our brothers and sisters in Christ. When we celebrate the Eucharist they are there with us along with the angels and archangels. Why then should we not pray for and with them The reason the Reformers and their successors did their best to outlaw praying for the dead was because that had been so bound up with the notion of purgatory and the need to get people out of it as soon as possible. Once we rule out purgatory I see no reason why we should not pray for and with the dead and every reason why we should - not that they will get out of purgatory but that they will be refreshed and filled with Gods joy and peace. Love passes into prayer we still love them why not hold them in that love before God

Public prayers of are of little value unless they are founded on or followed up by private praying.

Our devotions are not measured by the clock but time is of the essence. The ability to wait and stay and press belongs essentially to our intercourse with God.

Prayer in private results in boldness in public.

This I would like to be- braver and bolder Just a bit wiser because I am older Just a bit kinder to those I may meet Just a bit manlier taking defeat This for the New Year my wish and my plea- Lord make a regular man out of me. This I would like to be- just a bit finer More of a smiler and less of a whiner Just a bit quicker to stretch out my hand Helping another whos struggling to stand This is my prayer for the New Year to be Lord make a regular man out of me. This I would like to be- just a bit fairer Just a bit better and just a bit squarer Not quite so ready to censure and blame Quicker to help every man in the game Not quite so eager mens failings to see Lord make a regular man out of me. This I would like to be- just a bit truer Less of the wisher and more of the doer Broader and bigger more willing to give Living and helping my neighbor to live This for the New Year my prayer and my plea- Lord make a regular man out of me.