Prayer of St. Brendan

Prayer of St. Brendan (Irish Contemplative)

Lord, I will trust You.
Help me to journey beyond the familiar
and into the unknown.
Give me the faith to leave old ways
and break fresh ground with You.
Christ of the mysteries, I trust You
to be stronger than each storm within me.
I will trust in the darkness and know
that my times, even now, are in Your hand.
Tune my spirit to the music of heaven,
and somehow, make my obedience count for You. Amen.

Prayer for committee meeting

From Episcopal Cafe:

Bishop Cathy Roskam (bio) wrote these wise words. Try this prayer before your next vestry meeting:

God our true perfection:

Grant us brevity and resolution

To do only those things which should be done

And keep from all that we ought not to do;

To say all things needful, and not more.

Punctuate our conversations with your grace,

And when the mind grows weary and the hour late,

Bring us, in your mercy, to a firm conclusion;

Through Jesus, your (First and) Last Word. Amen.

Anglican Prayers - "intercede for me" - Mary Anne Randolph Custis Lee

Oh my Saviour, intercede for me that I fail not. Warm my heart. Give me more strength to love thee and more contrition for my sins . . . Thou knowest, my Saviour, that I have no other hope and thou hast often been to me a present help in time of need. Amen.

~Mary Anne Randolph Custis Lee (1807-1873), wife of Robert E. Lee

Anglican Prayers - "Take our minds," by Donald Coggan

Take our minds, and think through them.
Take our lips, and speak through them.
Take our hearts, and set them on fire with love for thee.
What we know not, teach us.
What we have not, give us.
What we are not, make us.
For Jesus sake.



A prayer by Donald Coggan (1909-2000), who became Archbishop of Canterbury in 1974. From "Give us Grace: An Anthology of Anglican Prayers" compiled by Christopher Webber, Morehouse, 2004

Lenten Anglican Prayers- Walter Russell Bowie on Poise

Almighty and everlasting God, lord of lords and light of light, who are revealed in the unfathomable heavens and in the quiet of unhurried stars, let our restlessness find rest in thee. May our wills become obedient to thy greater will, so that we may move, as the stars move, in the orbit of eternity; and without confusion and without haste, but with shining steadfastness, go on our appointed ways; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

Walter Russell Bowie (1882-1969)
from Give Us Grace: An anthology of Anglican prayers, compiled by Christopher L. Webber