#ToPray God doesn’t stop the bad things from Happening; That’s never been part of the promise. The promise is: ‘I am with you, I am with you now until the end of time.’ (Madeleine L'Engle)

#ToPray - St George’s Eve - Non Nobis Domine Not unto us O Lord But to thy name be the glory youtu.be/ZmYcpUtvR9U?si…

#ToPray "I have learned silence from the talkative, tolerance from the intolerant, and kindness from the unkind; yet strangely, I am ungrateful to these teachers" (Kahlil Gibran)

#ToPray The peace of all peace be mine this night. Let all the tumult within me cease. Enfold me, Lord, in Your peace. Circle me Lord; keep peace within; keep evil out. Hide me in the shadow of your wings, O Lord.

#ToPray Even in the dark of night, You leave a light on for me, and are always watching over me Lamplighter, lover, friend @Ord_Off

#ToPray I am utterly convinced that God will have all kinds of grace if we got the theology wrong. I'm not entirely sure about how God will take it if we got the loving other people, seeking justice, and choosing mercy part of life wrong. (Stephen Bryce)

#ToPray The mark of a great church is not how many people come, but how many people live differently for having been there.

#ToPray I am black and beautiful. O daughters Of Jerusalem, like the tents of Kedar. like the curtains of Solomon. (Song of Songs 1v5)

#ToPray My God is the green tide in the spring leaves the redness of cherries high in the air the excitement of shooting stars the song of birds in summer branches the sunrise on a winter's morning the name of everything we don't understand. (William of Ockham - 10 April 1347)

#ToPray When Christ calls a man, He bids him come and die (Feast of Dietrich Bonhoeffer - 9 April 1945)

#ToPray Before religion made it all about what we believe, Jesus was all about how we love. (Susan Cottrell)

#ToPray Christianity preaches the infinite worth of that which is seemingly worthess and the infinite worthlessness of that which is seemingly so valued. (Dietrich Bonhoeffer)

#ToPray Sometimes, being a good Christian meant being a bad Roman. So before you accuse people of being unpatriotic, ask yourself which empire they're actually serving. (Stephen Mattson)

#ToPray The bread in your cupboard belongs to the hungry; the coat hanging unused in your closet belongs to those who need it; the shoes rotting in your closet to the one who has no shoes. The money which you hoard up belongs to the poor. (Basil of Caesarea 330-379)

#ToPray Any talk about God that fails to make God's liberation of the oppressed as its starting point is not Christian. (James Cone)

#ToPray The purpose of Christ is to work miracles through people who are willing to be emptied of self and to surrender to him. (from the Rule of The Third Order of The Society of St Francis)

#ToPray We mix freely with all people, ready to bind up the broken-hearted and to bring joy into the lives of others. (from the Rule of The Third Order of The Society of St Francis)

#ToPray We delight in fun and laughter, rejoicing in God's world. its beauty and its living creatures. calling nothing common or undean. (from the Rule of The Third Order of The Society of St Francis)

#ToPray We seek to love those with whom we have little natural affinity. for this kind of love is not a welling up of emotion. but is a bond founded in our common union with Christ. (from the Rule of The Third Order of The Society of St Francis)

#ToPray We are on our guard against anything which might injure our love for others. and we seek reconciliation with those from whom we are estranged. (from the Rule of The Third Order of The Society of St Francis)