by Neil Ellis | Mar 30, 2016 | Prayer
God to enfold me, God to surround me, God in my speaking, God in my thinking. God in my sleeping, God in my waking, God in my watching, God in my hoping. God in my life, God in my lips, God in my soul, God in my heart. God in my sufficing, God in my slumber, God in...
by Neil Ellis | Mar 15, 2016 | Prayer
God with me lying down, God with me rising up, God with me in each ray of light, Nor I a ray of joy without. Christ with me sleeping, Christ with me waking, Christ with me watching, Every day and night. God with me protecting, The Lord with me directing, The Spirit...
by Neil Ellis | Nov 4, 2015 | Prayer
Bless to me, O God, The earth beneath my foot, Bless to me, O God, The path whereon I go; Bless to me, O God, The thing of my desire; Thou Evermore of evermore, Bless Thou to me my rest. Bless to me the thing Whereon is set my mind, Bless to me the thing Whereon is...
by Neil Ellis | Jun 2, 2015 | Prayer
One of the many book of prayers that I have is The Sun Dances: Prayers and Blessings from the Gaelic by Alexander Carmichael (1960). Reading and hearing prayers from other cultures is illuminating to understand how people over time have encountered God. The prayer...
by Neil Ellis | Sep 9, 2014 | Prayer
This prayer is taken from the book The Sun Dances: Prayers and Blessings from the Gaelic by Alexander Carmichael (1960). The Peace of God, the peace of men, the peace of Columba kindly, the peace of Mary mild, the loving, the peace of Christ, King of tenderness. The...
