at the beginning and at the end
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Gabrielle Dean
Nov 22, 2009, 5:54:53 PM11/22/09
to discussion, Gabrielle Dean, Sue Kenworthy, Debbie Gwynne, Jeremy Noble, Paul Roberts, linda larsen, Christina Chandler, Ali Drake, Rhonda Clegg, Susan Grace, Josey Derossi, Feonagh, Flora, Maggie Brett, Alison Kershaw, Pamela Cuneen, Sue Boswell, Angela Wilson, Beryl Hogan, shirley monk
A resonance with yesterday's readings and the sermon in this prayer
from Philip Newell's Celtic Psalter
At the beginning and at the end
you are God and I bless you.
At my birth and in my dying,
in the opening of the day and at its close,
in my waking and my sleeping
you are God and I bless you.
You are the first and the last,
the giver of every gift,
the presence without whom there would be no present,
the life without whom there would be no life.
Lead me to the heart of life's treasure
that I may be there bearer of the gift.
Lead me to the heart of the present
that I may be a sharer of your eternal presence.
from Philip Newell's Celtic Psalter
At the beginning and at the end
you are God and I bless you.
At my birth and in my dying,
in the opening of the day and at its close,
in my waking and my sleeping
you are God and I bless you.
You are the first and the last,
the giver of every gift,
the presence without whom there would be no present,
the life without whom there would be no life.
Lead me to the heart of life's treasure
that I may be there bearer of the gift.
Lead me to the heart of the present
that I may be a sharer of your eternal presence.
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