Palm Sunday

	What is Palm Sunday? The Coming of Zion's King Rejoice greatly, O Daughter of Zion! Shout, Daughter of Jerusalem! See, your king comes to you, righteous and having salvation, gentle and riding on a donkey, on a colt, the foal of a donkey. I will take away the chariots from Ephraim and the war-horses from Jerusalem, and the battle bow will be broken. He will proclaim peace to the nations. His rule will extend from sea to sea and from the River to the ends of the earth. Zechariah 9:9-10 Source: Picture from Wikipedia Source: Scripture from BibleGateway Source: Background Table Thanks for Listening, Jeff

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Hanukkah Menorah Picture and Prayer

	The Prayer We light these lights for the miracles and the wonders, for the redemption and the battles that you made for our forefathers, in those days at this season, through your holy priests. During all eight days of Hanukkah these lights are sacred, and we are not permitted to make ordinary use of them except for to look at them in order to express thanks and praise to Your great Name for your miracles, Your wonders and Your salvations. This is one of the blessings over the candles and it is an Ashkenazic version in English above. I liked the prayer and it is one of the of the many Jewish prayers and blessings said at this time of Hanukkah. Today I’m posting this “Hanukkah Menorah Picture and Prayer” so that I’ll understand a little more about this holiday. Hanukkah: “is also known as the Festival of Lights.” Which “is an eight-day Jewish holiday commemorating the rededication of the Holy Temple in Jerusalem at the time of the Maccabean Revolt”. The Menorah: or “Hanukkah lamp is, strictly speaking, a nine-branched candelabrum lit during the eight-day holiday of Hanukkah, as opposed to the seven-branched menorah used in the ancient Temple or as a symbol.” Happy Hanukkah! Praise be to God! Source: Picture from Sathya Sai Baba Source: Background Table Source: Wikipedia Thanks for Listening, Jeff

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Prayer for Autumn Days

	God of the seasons, there is a time for everything; there is a time for dying and a time for rising. We need courage to enter into the transformation process. God of autumn, the trees are saying goodbye to their green, letting go of what has been. We, too, have our moments of surrender, with all their insecurity and risk. Help us to let go when we need to do so. God of fallen leaves lying in colored patterns on the ground, our lives have their own patterns. As we see the patterns of our own growth, may we learn from them. God of misty days and harvest moon nights, there is always the dimension of mystery and wonder in our lives. We always need to recognize your power-filled presence. May we gain strength from this. God of harvest wagons and fields of ripened grain, many gifts of growth lie within the season of our surrender. We must wait for harvest in faith and hope. Grant us patience when we do not see the blessings. God of geese going south for another season, your wisdom enables us to know what needs to be left behind and what needs to be carried into the future. We yearn for insight and vision. God of flowers touched with frost and windows wearing white designs, may your love keep our hearts from growing cold in the empty seasons. God of life, you believe in us, you enrich us, you entrust us with the freedom to choose life. For all this, we are grateful. Author Unknown Source: Beliefnet Source: Picture by Jeff Source: Background Table Thanks for Listening, Jeff

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Prayer for the New Year

	Hear us, O never-failing Light, Lord our God, our only Light, the Fountain of Light, the Light of your angels, thrones, dominions, principalities, powers, and of all the beings of this world; you have created the light of your saints, the bright cloud of witnesses around us. May our souls be your lamps, kindled and illumined by you. May they shine and burn with your truth, and never go out in darkness and ashes. May we be your dwelling, shining from you, shining in you; may we shine and our light never fail; may we worship you always. May we be kindled brightly and never extinguished. Being filled with Christ’s splendor, may we shine within, so that the gloom of sin is cleared away, and the light of everlasting life abides within us. Amen. Mozarabic, 700 A.D. Source: Beliefnet Source: Picture by HotProfileGraphics Source: Background Table Thanks for Listening, Jeff

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Christmas Prayer

	Loving Father, Help us remember the birth of Jesus, that we may share in the song of the angels, the gladness of the shepherds, and worship of the wise men. Close the door of hate and open the door of love all over the world. Let kindness come with every gift and good desires with every greeting. Deliver us from evil by the blessing which Christ brings, and teach us to be merry with clear hearts. May the Christmas morning make us happy to be Thy children, and Christmas evening bring us to our beds with grateful thoughts, forgiving and forgiven, for Jesus' sake. Amen. Robert Louis Stevenson Source: Beliefnet Source: Picture by Jeff Source: Background Table Thanks for Listening, Jeff

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Grateful to be Alive!

	Let us rise up and be thankful, for if we didn't learn a lot today, at least we learned a little, and if we didn't learn a little, at least we didn't get sick, and if we got sick, at least we didn't die; so, let us all be thankful. Source: Buddha Quotes Source: Picture by Jeff Source: Background Table Thanks for Listening, Jeff

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Lonely & Depressed

	For the Lonely and Depressed God bless all who are battling those inner demons of depression, loneliness, unworthiness, and hopelessness. Shine Your warm Heavenly Light down upon all of us, Lord, who are looking for our soul mates. Guide us to find peace, happiness, and contentment in our lives and within ourselves. Amen. Source: Beliefnet Source: Picture by Jeff Source: Background Table Thanks for Listening, Jeff

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