PRAYER FOR TODAY

Hear our prayers, O Lord. When we are in pain or despair; when we are lost or disheartened; when we lack direction and need your guidance—hear our prayer. When we are joyful; when we feel your love; when we love others freely in your name—hear our prayers of praise. Thank you for hearing us. Thank you for loving us. Amen.

FATHER'S DAY PRAYER

For now, my Friday posts will be simplified--perhaps a scripture, a thought or a prayer.

Here is a prayer to take us through this special weekend.

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Heavenly Father, we thank you for this day and every day. We thank you also for your plan and our place in it. This weekend we celebrate "Father's Day" to honor the men in our lives who are our earthly fathers. We thank you for their lives and thank them for their love and guidance in ours.

We thank you also for being our Heavenly Father. We thank you for our lives and for your love and guidance every day. Please, Holy Spirit, attune our hearts and minds to your leading so that we can know and love you more and follow your guidance with ever more confidence.

Thank you, Jesus, for becoming human for our sake. Thank you for showing us a bridge between the earthly and the divine and for your example of living and of doing your Father's will. Amen.