Past Prayers of The Day
September 2002
Week of September 30, 2002
To laugh often and much,
To win the respect of intelligent people
and the affection of children,
To earn the appreciation of honest critics
and endure the betrayal of false friends,
To appreciate beauty,
To find the best in others,
To leave the world a bit better,
whether by a healthy child, a garden patch,
or a redeemed social condition;
To know even one life has breathed easier
because you have lived.
This is to have succeeded.
- Ralph Waldo Emerson
Week of September 23, 2002
Let the rain come down and wash away my tears.
Let it fill my soul and drown my fears.
Let it shatter the walls for a new sun.
A new day has come!
- From "A New Day Has Come" by Celine Dion
Week of September 16, 2002
And forget not that the earth delights
to feel your bare feet
and the winds long
to play with your hair.
- Kahlil Gibran
Week of September 9, 2002
When I think back on these times
And the dreams we left behind
I'll be glad 'cause I was blessed
To get to have you in my life.
When I look back on these days
I'll look and see your face.
You were right there for me.
In my dreams I'll always see you soar above the sky.
In my heart there will always be a place for you.
For all my life I'll keep a part of you with me
And everywhere I am, there you'll be.
- "There You'll Be" by Faith Hill
In memory of those who lost their lives last year this September 11, and all those since then who have been lost in the fighting throughout the world. Please continue to pray for peace.
Week of September 2, 2002
Someday
When we are wiser
When the world's older
When we have learned
I pray
Someday, we may yet live
To live and let live
Someday
Life will be fairer
Need will be rarer
And greed will not pay
God speed
This bright millenium
On its way
Let it come someday
Someday
Our fight will be won then
We'll stand in the sun then
That bright afternoon
'Til then
On days when the sun is gone
We'll hang on
And we'll wish upon the moon
There are some days dark and bitter
Seems we haven't got a prayer
But a prayer for someday better
Is the one thing we all share
- From "Someday" by All-4-One
From the Disney film, "The Hunchback of Notre Dame."
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