In the name of the Father
And of the Son
And of the Holy Spirit
Amen.
A simple prayer, the shortest one I know.
I pray it when I´m tired or sad,
Or desolate or all dried up
Of anything more to say to God,
Knowing with a deep longing
That I still need Him in my life,
In the desert of that moment.
Placing my hand on my forehead,
I paint the vertical beam of the cross
Drawing my hand down to my chest.
The horizontal beam I paint
Across my shoulders left to right,
And I wear the invisible cross
Upon my being.
The simple sign of my faith
I paint upon myself repeatedly
As often as I need to feel blessed
With this humble invitation
Of the Holy Trinity into my heart.
The name, remains a secret mystery
Revealed to Moses as an
unpronounceable
Jumble of consonants YHWH.
God, You are who You are.
The Father, that glowing presence
Of strength in me, who comes at night
And directs my heart
Powerful to do anything as He wills
To take my hand and walk me
On the crest of his creation
And display the magnificence
Of all things visible and invisible
In the grandeur of the Universe
And the smallness of my heart,
That perfect imperfection of His handiwork.
This is the throne He sits upon in Heaven
That place of eternal life
That hugs us as we sit in peace
In the presence of the Blessed Trinity.
The Son, the One and only Son
Of You the Father
Begotten from Your being and of Your being
And One with the substance of Your being.
God from God, Light from Light,
There´s a lifetime´s story about Jesus the Son
The miracle of his birth, death and resurrection.
And He has come again,
Forever present in the living Eucharist,
Echoing the humility of his birth in a manger
As He descends into a tiny crumb of bread
Offered up on the altar
Each time the mass is celebrated.
I know that He is there in glory
And His kingdom will have no end.
The Holy Spirit, is the giver of my life, all life,
As the breeze is blown into the body
On the second, minute, hour,
Designated by the Lord, My Father
To the very moment of my birth.
In the name of the Father
And of the Son
And of the Holy Spirit
This is the mystery of the Blessed Trinity
That I paint across my chest
Each time I pray, that moment
When I admit I´m nothing without
The presence of the Blessed Trinity
As I humbly invite the Father, Son and Holy Spirit
Into my heart and soul
To reside a while and stay with me.
Amen – The final affirmation
And acceptance of the very symbol,
Which represents my faith:
The sign of the cross
I paint across my chest
In the name of the Father
And of the Son
And of the Holy Spirit
Amen.
Initial prayer 28 June 2026 28 June 2026 – Sunday of the 13th Week in Ordinary Time