Wednesday, July 5, 2017

Welcome Prayer & Song (from the sermon)


Welcome Prayer by Father Thomas Keating, a Trappist monk

Welcome, welcome, welcome. I welcome everything that comes to me today because I know it’s for my healing. I welcome all thoughts, feelings, emotions, persons, situations and conditions. I let go of my desire for power and control. I let go of my desire for affection, esteem, approval and pleasure. I let go of my desire for survival and security. I let go of my desire to change any situation, condition, person or myself. I open to the love and presence of God and God’s action within. Amen.

Welcome Table by Dan Zanes & Friends with the Blind Boys of Alabama

I'm gonna sit at the welcome table
I'm gonna sit at the welcome table one of these days, hallelujah
I'm gonna sit at the welcome table
Sit at the welcome table one of these days, one of these days

I'm gonna feast on milk and honey (Oh yes)
I'm gonna feast on milk and honey one of these days, hallelujah
I'm gonna feast on milk and honey
Feast on milk and honey one of these days, one of these days

I'm gonna tell God how you treat me (yes!)
I'm gonna to tell God how you treat me one of these days, hallelujah
I'm gonna tell God how you treat me
Tell God how you treat me one of these days, one of these days

(Yes, hallelujah - Welcome table, one of these days)

All God's children gonna sit together (yes!)
All God's children gonna sit together one of these days, hallelujah
All God's children gonna sit together
All God's children gonna sit together, one of these days, one of these days

I'm gonna sit at the welcome table (yes!)
I'm gonna sit at the welcome table one of these days, hallelujah
I'm gonna sit at the welcome table
Sit at the welcome table one of these days, one of these days
Sit at the welcome table one of these days, one of these days (yes!)
Gonna sit at the welcome table one of these days, one of these days

(Traditional Spiritual arranged by Dan Zanes)

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