A prayer by Frederick Buechner

"Lord, catch me off guard today.
Surprise me with some moment of
beauty or pain.
So that at least for the moment
I may be startled into seeing that you
are here in all your splendor,
Always and everywhere,
Barely hidden,
Beneath,
Beyond,
Within this life I breathe."
- Frederick Buechner

 

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Iona prayer praising God for the new day

O Sun behind all suns,
I give you greeting this new day.
Let all Creation praise you,
Let the daylight
and the shadows praise you.
Let the fertile earth
and the swelling sea praise you.
Let the winds and the rain,
the lightening and the thunder
praise you.
Let all that breathes,
both male and female, praise you.
And I shall praise you.
O God of all life
I give you greeting this day.

- From 'Celtic Prayers From Iona'

Celtic prayer for the new day

"Let us walk into this day
God’s light before us,
God’s shield behind us,
God’s friends beside us.
Let us be filled

With the music of God’s world,
With the wonder of God’s love,
With the glory of God’s presence."
- Celtic prayer