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Verse of the Day: 'remove the evil'
12-08-2010
Wash yourselves; make yourselves clean; remove the evil of your doings from before my eyes; cease to do evil,
Voice of the Day: Thich Nhat Hanh
12-08-2010
"In everyone there is the capacity to wake up, to understand, to love."
- Thich Nhat Hanh, from Being Peace
Prayer of the Day: God of All Nations
12-08-2010
Elohim, you are not the God of only one nation. Forgive us when we claim to have a monopoly on your love and forget that you are the Lord of all people.
Prayer of the Day: Memories of Those Gone Before Us
12-07-2010
God of the ages, we remember friends and loved ones who have passed away since last Christmas.
Voice of the Day: Therese of Lisieux
12-07-2010
"The closer one approaches God, the simpler one becomes."
- Therese of Lisieux
Therese of Lisieux, from The Path of Merciful Love
Verse of the Day: The Joy of Lord Jesus
12-07-2010
"For what is our hope or joy or crown of boasting before our Lord Jesus at his coming? Is it not you? Yes, you are our glory and joy!"
Prayer of the Day: Strange Christians
12-06-2010
Lord, help us to be vehicles for your love on this earth. Bearing the name "Christian" is an honor, and we do not take it for granted.
Verse of the Day: Live With Wisdom
12-06-2010
"For she is a reflection of eternal light, a spotless mirror of the working of God, and an image of [the Lord's] goodness.
Voice of the Day: Meister Eckhart
12-06-2010
"If the only prayer you say in your life is 'thank you,' that would suffice."
- Meister Eckhart
Verse of the Day: "rivers of living water"
12-03-2010
"On the last day of the festival, the great day, while Jesus was standing there, he cried out, 'Let anyone who is thirsty come to me, and let the one who believes in me drink.
Prayer of the Day: Selfless Simplicity
12-03-2010
God, today we remember the message of selfless simplicity that Jesus taught us from the moment he was born.
Voice of the Day: D.H. Lawrence
12-03-2010
"When all comes to all, the most precious element in life is wonder. Love is a great emotion and power is power. But both love and power are based on wonder."
Prayer of the Day: Prayer for Victims of War
12-02-2010
We pray today for the victims of violence and war. We ask your healing, O Lord, for those who have been wounded in body, hurt emotionally, and broken spiritually.
Verse of the Day: Pray for the Starving
12-02-2010
"Get up and pray for help all through the night. Pour out your feelings to the Lord, as you would pour water out of a jug.
Voice of the Day: Margaret Gibb
12-02-2010
"We must move away from asking God to take care of the things that are breaking our hearts to praying about the things that are breaking God's heart."
Prayer of the Day: Life Without a Savior
12-01-2010
Spirit of love and light, during this Advent season, we remember a time before the coming of Jesus and wonder what our lives would look like without a savior.
Voice of the Day: Basil the Great
12-01-2010
"In order to give us a precise and clear example of humility in the perfection of love, [our Lord] took a towel and washed his disciples' feet.
Verse of the Day: The Authority of Jesus Questioned
12-01-2010
"Then Jesus said to them, "Neither will I tell you by what authority I am doing these things.'"
- Luke 20:8
Verse of the Day: 'you will live again'
11-30-2010
"'I will put my spirit within you, and you shall live, and I will place you on your own soil; then you shall know that I, the Lord, have spoken and will act,' says the Lord
Voice of the Day: Simone Weil
11-30-2010
"Christ does not save all those who say to him: Lord, Lord.