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...................................Prayer...................................
I offer You, Lord, my thoughts:
to be fixed on You; my words: to have You for their theme; my
actions: to reflect my love for You; my sufferings: to be endured
for Your greater glory.
I want to do what You ask of me: in the way You ask, for as long as
You ask, because You ask it. I pray, Lord, that You enlighten my
mind, inflame my will, purify my heart, and sanctify my soul (Pope
Clement XI). O Mary, Mother of God and my Mother, pray also to Jesus
for me (St. Alphonsus).
Amen.
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...Blogging
The blogging bug
bit me...big time. This page was sort of a precursor to blogging.
I updated when I felt like I had something to say or wanted to share.
With daily blogging, I share my Art and my Faith, and lots of pictures
of my Family.
 Truthfully,
I really don't have too much to say. I mostly try to keep things
short and sweet so one's eyes don't glaze over. I'm not a great
writer but I like to share poetry and prayers that I love or have found
online, web gadgets that tickle my fancy, other bloggers that post
thoughtful comments, and graphics that I create which ordinarily
wouldn't see the light of the web due to the fact that I really don't
like creating the webpages needed to share them.
I'm not sure if I will post again here.
I may, but you can always catch the latest at:
Artful Thoughts
A Blogger's
Prayer
Now I lay me down to
sleep
All my passwords at my feet.
If I should die before I wake,
Blog for me, for heaven's sake.
~unknown~
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The Blogger's Prayer
by Andrew
Jones
Our Father
who lives above and beyond the dimension of the internet
Give us this day a life worth blogging,
The access to words and images that express our journey with passion and
integrity,
And a secure connection to publish your daily mercies.
Your Kingdom come into new spaces today,
As we make known your mysteries,
Posting by posting,
Blog by blog.
Give this day,
The same ability to those less privileged,
Whose lives speak louder than ours,
Whose sacrifice is greater,
Whose stories will last longer.
Forgive us our sins,
For blog-rolling strangers and pretending they are friends,
For counting unique visitors but not noticing unique people,
For delighting in the thousands of hits but ignoring the ONE who
returns,
For luring viewers but sending them away empty handed,
For updating daily but repenting weekly.
As we forgive those who trespass on our sites to appropriate our
thoughts without reference,
Our images without approval,
Our ideas without linking back to us.
Lead us not into the temptation to sell out our congregation,
To see people as links and not as lives,
To make our blogs look better than our actual story.
But deliver us from the evil of pimping ourselves instead of pointing to
you,
From turning our guests into consumers of someone else's products,
From infatuation over the toys of technology,
From idolatry over technology
From fame before our time has come.
For Yours is the power to guide the destinies behind the web logs,
To bring hurting people into the sanctuaries of our sites,
To give us the stickiness to follow you, no matter who is watching or
reading.
Yours is the glory that makes people second look our sites and our
lives,
Yours is the heavy ambience,
For ever and ever,
Amen
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