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jlg
What is this place?
Why am I here?
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Create in me a clean heart, O God,
and renew a right spirit within me.
Cast me not away from your presence
and take not your holy Spirit from me.
Restore unto me the joy of thy salvation;
and uphold me with thy free spirit. Ps 51:10-12
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Miffy
Ship's elephant
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Proficiscere, anima Christiana, de hoc mundo!
Go forth upon thy journey, Christian soul!
...And may thy place to-day be found in peace,
And may thy dwelling be the Holy Mount
Of Sion: through the same, through Christ our Lord.
Cardinal Newman
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Growing Greenpatches
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Chapelhead*
Ship’s Photographer
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Logging in for the vigil.
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Benedikt Gott Geschickt!
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jlg
What is this place?
Why am I here?
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Why art thou cast down, O my soul? and why art thou disquieted in me? hope thou in God; for I shall yet praise him for the help of his countenance. Ps 42:5
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Mamacita
Lakefront liberal
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Blessings to all who are keeping vigil for Molly. I offer this prayer from the service of Compline in the BCP:
Keep watch, dear Lord, with those who work, or watch, or weep this night, and give your angels charge over those who sleep. Tend the sick, Lord Christ; give rest to the weary, bless the dying, soothe the suffering, pity the afflicted, shield the joyous; and all for your love's sake.
Amen.
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Do not be daunted by the enormity of the world’s grief. Do justly, now. Love mercy, now. Walk humbly, now. You are not obligated to complete the work, but neither are you free to abandon it.
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Eanswyth
Ship's raven
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3-4pm Inanna
4-5pm jlg
5-6pm Chapelhead
6-7pm kingsfold
8-9pm sparrow
9-10pm Eanswyth
10-11pm
11-12pm Sp-O-On-n-g
12-1am
1-2am
2-3am Eanswyth
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8-9am flev
Sunday
8-9am flev
Lord have mercy
Christ have mercy
Lord have mercy
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Chapelhead*
Ship’s Photographer
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Crossing the Bar
Sunset and evening star,
And one clear call for me!
And may there be no moaning of the bar,
When I put out to sea,
But such a tide as moving seems asleep,
Too full for sound or foam,
When that which drew from out the boundless deep
Turns again home.
Twilight and evening bell,
And after that the dark!
And may there be no sadness of farewell;
When I embark;
For tho' from out our bourne of Time and Place
The flood may bear me far,
I hope to see my pilot face to face
When I have crossed the bar.
Alfred, Lord Tennyson
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Benedikt Gott Geschickt!
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Chapelhead*
Ship’s Photographer
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A candle burns here for Miss Molly.
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Benedikt Gott Geschickt!
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blackbird
Shipmate
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Then he lay down
to sleep like a snow-covered road
winding through pines older than him,
without any travelers, and lonely for no one.
Lee
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Meike
Shipmate
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With every power for good to stay and guide me,
comforted and inspired beyond all fear,
I'll live these days with you in thought beside me,
and pass, with you, into the coming year.
The old year still torments our hearts, unhastening;
the long days of our sorrow still endure.
Father, grant to the soul thou hast been chastening
that thou hast promised - the healing and the cure.
Should it be ours to drain the cup of grieving
even to the dregs of pain, at thy command,
we will not falter, thankfully receiving
all that is given by thy loving hand.
But, should it be thy will once more to release us
to life's enjoyment and its good sunshine,
that we've learned from sorrow shall increase us
and all our life be dedicate as thine.
Today, let candles shed their radiant greeting:
lo, on our darkness are they not thy light,
leading us haply to our longed-for meeting?
Thou canst illumine e'ev our darkest night.
When now the silence deepens for our harkening,
grant we may hear thy children's voices raise
from all the unseen world around us darkening
their universal paean, in thy praise.
While all the powers of Good aid and attend us,
boldly we'll face the future, be it what may.
At even, and at morn, God will befriend us,
And oh, most surely on each new year's day!
Dietrich Bonhoeffer translated by Geoffrey Winthrop Young
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“A god who let us prove his existence would be an idol” ― Dietrich Bonhoeffer
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Sparrow
Shipmate
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Signing on for my hour.
I've been thinking how strange and wonderful it is that so many of us who have never met Molly, or even spoken to her, feel such a strong connection with her. It made me think of that
chapter of CS Lewis' "Voyage of the Dawn Treader" where, near the end of their voyage to Aslan's Country, Lucy is looking over the side of the ship and seeing the Sea People under the
surface. They are moving far too quickly to stop, and even so they could not speak to each other:
"Suddenly she saw a little Sea Girl of about her own age.... a quiet, lonely looking girl with a sort of crook in her hand. Lucy felt sure that this girl must be a shepherdess - or perhaps
a fish-herdess - and that the shoal was really a flock at pasture. Both the flock and the girl were quite close to the surface. And just as the girl, gliding in the shallow water,
and Lucy, leaning over the bulwark, came opposite to one another, the girl looked up and stared straight into Lucy's face. Neither could speak to the other and in a moment the Sea Girl dropped astern. But Lucy will never forget
her face. It did not look frightened or angry like those of the other Sea People. Lucy had liked that girl and she felt certain that the girl had liked her. In that one moment
they had somehow become friends. There does not seem to be much chance of their meeting again in that world or any other. But if they do they will rush together with their hands held out."
Only of course we will meet again, in another world, and all of us will know each other instantly. We will recognise Molly of course, by the flocks of pussies and bunnies
frolicking amicably around her!
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Lioba
Shipmate
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3-4pm Inanna
4-5pm jlg
5-6pm Chapelhead
6-7pm kingsfold
8-9pm sparrow
9-10pm Eanswyth
10-11pm Abo
11-12pm Sp-O-On-n-g
12-1am
1-2am
2-3am Eanswyth
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8-9am flev
Sunday
8-9am flev
Lord have mercy
Christ have mercy
Lord have mercy
May the Lord Almighty grant Molly a peaceful night and an perfect end. Amen.
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Eanswyth
Ship's raven
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Signing in for my hour on vigil.
Psalm 31 In te, Domine, speravi
1 In you, O LORD, have I taken refuge; let me never be put to shame: deliver me in your righteousness.
2 Incline your ear to me; make haste to deliver me.
3 Be my strong rock, a castle to keep me safe, for you are my crag and my stronghold; for the sake of your Name, lead me and guide me.
4 Take me out of the net that they have secretly set for me, for you are my tower of strength.
5 Into your hands I commend my spirit, for you have redeemed me, O LORD, O God of truth.
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Jonm
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Saturday 11am-midday GMT , offline but praying on a train ( short break in middle for change)
Jnnathan
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Meike
Shipmate
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2 Peter 1:18-19
And we heard this voice which came from heaven when we were with Him on the holy mountain.
And so we have the prophetic word confirmed, which you do well to heed as a light that shines in a dark place, until the day dawns and the morning star rises in your hearts.
O Morning Star, Splendour of Light eternal and bright Sun of justice; come and shine on all who live in darkness and in the shadow of death.
—Lord Jesus, come soon!
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“A god who let us prove his existence would be an idol” ― Dietrich Bonhoeffer
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jlg
What is this place?
Why am I here?
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Stopping by for a moment to pray.
Here's another verse from the song of mehitabel (by Don Marquis):
i once was an innocent kit
wotthehell wotthehell
with a ribbon my neck to fit
and bells tied onto it
o wotthehell wotthehell
but a maltese cat came by
with a come hither look in his eye
and a song that soared to the sky
and wotthehell wotthehell
and i followed adown the street
the pad of his rhythmical feet
o permit me again to repeat
wotthehell wotthehell
my youth I shall never forget
but there s nothing i really regret
wotthehell wotthehell
ther s a dance in the old dame yet
toujours gai toujours gai
Thank you Miss Molly for reminding me of the wonderful archy and mehitabel, which I read so long ago and had forgotten. ![[Angel]](graemlins/angel.gif)
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JB*
Horse marine
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Let me take 2400-0100GMT.
May we all remember: God loves Miss Molly even more than we do.
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marmot
Mountain mammal
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I be here 0100-0200 GMT.
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Eanswyth
Ship's raven
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I spent my lunch hour praying in my car and listening to Hymns of Grace (second on this page). I've had it in my CD player for 2 weeks now. What Wondrous Love Is This says it all for me; I played it over and over, probably 4 times in a row.
And when from death I’m free, I’ll sing on, I’ll sing on;
And when from death I’m free, I’ll sing on.
And when from death I’m free, I’ll sing and joyful be;
And through eternity, I’ll sing on, I’ll sing on;
And through eternity, I’ll sing on.
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Spong
Ship's coffee grinder
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Signing in til 12.00
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Spong
The needs of our neighbours are the needs of the whole human family. Let's respond just as we do when our immediate family is in need or trouble. Rowan Williams
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Ship's coffee grinder
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11-12pm Sp-O-On-n-g
12-1am JB
1-2am Marmot
2-3am Eanswyth
3-4am
4-5am
5-6am
6-7am
7-8am
8-9am flev
9-10am
10-11am
11-12noon JonathanMy
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Spong
The needs of our neighbours are the needs of the whole human family. Let's respond just as we do when our immediate family is in need or trouble. Rowan Williams
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Spong
Ship's coffee grinder
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Lighten our darkness, we beseech thee O Lord, and by thy great mercy defend us from all perils and dangers of this night; for the love of thy only Son, our Saviour Jesus Christ. Amen.
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Spong
The needs of our neighbours are the needs of the whole human family. Let's respond just as we do when our immediate family is in need or trouble. Rowan Williams
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jedijudy*
Jedi defender of ship's cats
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I heard about a mansion he has built for me in Glory,
and I heard about the streets of gold beyond the crystal sea;
about the angels singing and the old redemption story,
and some sweet day I'll sing up there the song of victory.
Praying... hard!
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Royal Peculiar
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Praying for a few minutes inspired and moved by the wonderful material others have posted.
In Christ shall all be made alive, we sing!
With Him God's faithful servants He wil bring;
Gathered with joy before the Father's throne
There we shall know,as we ourselves ae known.
David Mowbray (b 1938) From Hymns For Today's Church (no 459 v.4)
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Consistency is the last refuge of the unimaginative.
Oscar Wilde
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Nunc Dimittis
Seamstress of Sound
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I will be around for most of the day off and on MSN and so on. I won't take a specific time, but I will be praying if there is noone to cover a particular time slot.
Kyrie eleison
Christe eleison
Kyrie eleison
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Sea lawyer
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What a wonderful sign of God in this world this vigil is.
There is a candle burning in St Mary's Cathedral for Molly and for those who love her.
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marmot
Mountain mammal
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Checking in for the 1-2 shift. Praying, but offline.
"I sought the Lord, and he answered me
and delivered me out of all my terror.
Look upon him and be radiant,
and let not your faces be ashamed.
I called in my afflection and the Lord heard me
and saved me from all my troubles."
Psalm 34 v. 4-6
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Horse marine
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I flew home from Washington today, striving through crowded airports and enduring packed airplanes and the coping with the aftermath of the snow storm on the airlines` schedules, to make it home for the weekend. Then I checked the ship, and saw the thread.
The setting sun changed Tuesday`s snow on the Sangre de Christo Mountains from white to red (named for that effect) above the dark green of the pines above the gold of the wind-sculptured sandstone clifs. I drove out to el Santuario de Chimayo to begin praying for Miss Molly. There at one of the oldest buildings in the Southwest, the symbol of healing and faith since Spanish colonial days, I prayed as the day-night terminator climbed the mountains and the snow cover became dark and chilly.
I turned on the car lights and drove home through the gathering darkness, watching the sliver of crescent moon become visible. And overhead the contrail of a west-bound jet remained illuminated in red and gold, as if another traveler was also struggling toward home and beauty and celebration.
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Eanswyth
Ship's raven
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I'll be on vigil from 2-3am GMT, but won't be online until later.
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jlg
What is this place?
Why am I here?
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Miss Molly, I just gave the fuzzy family kitties and Ralph-the-ancient another treat of leftover Thanksgiving turkey, and realized that I never finished telling you the tales of Miss Fuzzy, our unwed-teen-mother cat and her offspring.
Of course that doesn't really matter now, but I wish I had discovered you in time to share cat stories. Such is life.
I pray that perhaps when I think about the cats and you and the stories I would have told you, that somehow it gets transformed into a moment of relief as you go through the difficult process of leaving your body.
But I trust that God is there with you, and all our prayers are just tiny extra bits added to his all-encompassing love for you.
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Benedictus
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Online and praying.
Oh, Lord, support us all the day long, until the shadows lengthen and the evening comes, and the busy world is hushed, and the fever of life is over, and our work is done. Then in Thy mercy grant us a safe lodging, and a holy rest, and peace at the last.
Amen
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Resentment: Me drinking poison and expecting them to die
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Meike
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I’ll be praying from 5-6am GMT.
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Miffy
Ship's elephant
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"For I am sure that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor things present, nor things to come, nor powers, nor height, nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God in Christ Jesus our Lord."
Romans 8
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Growing Greenpatches
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Chorister
Completely Frocked
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Thinking of Miss Molly while all around me people are getting themselves in a pre-Christmas frenzy. Two worlds which couldn't be further apart...... Wishing you peace at this Season, Molly.
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Retired, sitting back and watching others for a change.
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Scot
Deck hand
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I just got home and can't tell if anyone is on now or not. I'll stay until Flev takes over at 8am GMT.
scot
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babybear
Bear faced and cheeky with it
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2-3am Eanswyth
3-4am Nunc
4-5am Nunc
5-6am Meike
6-7am babybear
7-8am babybear and chorister
8-9am flev
9-10am
10-11am
11-12pm JonathanMy
12-1pm
Sunday
8-9am flev
Been praying since 6am, will continue until 8am.
bb
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Deck hand
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I will wait,
I will wait for your peace.
I will wait,
I will wait and you’ll comfort me.
I cry freedom, Lord,
Freedom to be heard!
I cry freedom, Lord,
Freedom from this world!
The sovereign Lord is my strength.
He enables me to go over the heights,
And I am not afraid.
You are the green pastures,
You are the quiet waters.
The sovereign Lord is my strength.
(David Crowder)
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Deck hand
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What can you say of a love for a person who you have never met? What manner of love is so devoted that people give up food or sleep to keep vigil over someone thousands of miles away? How can love be deep enough to break hearts when a person is just words on a screen?
That kind of love is utterly irrational.
Lord God, make all of our love irrational.
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dolphy
Lady of Perpetual Responsiblity
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Lord, look down on all who pray.
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Looking forward to my rock moving closer again.
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Lioba
Shipmate
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2-3am Eanswyth
3-4am Nunc
4-5am Nunc
5-6am Meike
6-7am babybear
7-8am babybear and chorister
8-9am flev
9-10am
10-11am Abo (offline)
11-12pm JonathanMy
12-1pm
Sunday
8-9am flev
9-10 am Abo (offline)
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Huia
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The day Thou gavest Lord is ended
the darkness falls at thy behest
to Thee our morning songs ascended
Thy praise shall sanctify our rest.
The sun that bids us rest is waking
our brethern 'neath the western sky
and hour by hour fresh lips are making
Thy wonderous doings heard on high
We thank Thee that Thy church unsleeping
while earth rolls onward into night
through all the world her watch is keeping
and rests not now by day or night.
Huia - by the light of Whetu marama e te po.
(the bright evening star)
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welsh dragon
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Will do 12-1pm today (on line) and 11-12noon tomorrow (in church..)
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dolphy
Lady of Perpetual Responsiblity
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Am going off line for a while but will still be praying.
Lord God above, watch over us all at this hard time.
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splosh
Shipmate
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I will take 1 -2 pm today.
In the midsts of the storm, the Lord's light shines through.
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Just remember you are one of God's special people
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the famous rachel
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I'll pray from2-3pm today, but I may not be online.
Current schedule:
10-11am Abo (offline)
11-12pm JonathanMy
12-1pm Welsh Dragon
1-2pm Splosh
2-3pm Famous Rachel
3-4pm....
....Sunday
8-9am flev
9-10 am Abo (offline)
10-11am
11am-12 Welsh Dragon
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A shrivelled appendix to the body of Christ.
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shoewoman
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Praying offline, not during a specific time, but again and again. I'll put a candle on my desk now for you, Miss Molly.
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Beethoven
Ship's deaf genius
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Offline for most of the weekend, but prayers for Molly, her parents, Marian, St Seb, Timothy constantly in my heart.
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Who wants to be a rock anyway?
toujours gai!
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The magnet is running, the radio is off, with no candle allowed due to health and safety, I have a virtual one lit.
My pray today is that the innermost thoguhts of our hearts are heard, as we cry to God.
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Just remember you are one of God's special people
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Janine
The Endless Simmer
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Going on the theory that Mom or Marian or St. Sebastian will be reading to Molly:
I just can't get into the vigil format, love, lack of attention span on my part I guess. I find myself taking you with me through everything, rather than peacefully sitting with you.
This from the sister to whom all the other sisters turn when they need someone to lead heartfelt, non-routine public prayer. That's my "rep", I'm such a pray-er. Go figure.
I find myself lifting you up before my Lord intermittently all day and night.
Sometimes you leap into my mind like a football team bursting onto the gridiron through a big paper screen held up by cheerleaders.
It's as if something (Someone, really) is presenting you to me with extra emphasis because you especially need extra prayer-covering right then at that moment. Does that sound odd to you?
Other times it's as if I'm carrying you, or Mom, Dad, Marian, St. Seb, one of those with you, along with me, through some housework or on an errand, whatever happens to be going on.
(That feels odd even to me, even though it's my mind where it's happening. Must sound totally insane, as described.)
No, I'm not one of those who feel the need to credit God with every thought or action, as if the Lord told me particularly to wear the red plaid flannel nightgown to bed, or to send Mike to work today in the fushia sweatshirt...
But I must say, in times like these, when someone is passing through rough seas as you are right now, it looks suspiciously to me like God is helping me to keep you & yours constantly lifted up in prayer, with a single-mindedness far beyond my usual scattershot way...
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