{"id":2969,"date":"2010-03-30T20:03:09","date_gmt":"2010-03-31T03:03:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/astrowin.org\/rffriends\/wpx\/?p=2969"},"modified":"2010-03-30T22:03:28","modified_gmt":"2010-03-31T05:03:28","slug":"the-prayer-of-the-chalice","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/astrowin.org\/rffriends\/wpx\/?p=2969","title":{"rendered":"The Prayer Of The Chalice"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Prayer of the Chalice<\/strong><\/p>\n

Dear friends,<\/p>\n

“And it was an hand breadth thick, and the brim thereof was wrought like the brim of a cup, with flowers of lilies: …. “<\/em> 1 Kings 7:26.<\/p>\n

“And he saith unto them, Ye shall drink indeed of my cup, and be baptized with the baptism that I am baptized with: but to sit on my right hand, and on my left, is not mine to give, but it shall be given to them for whom it is prepared of my Father. “<\/em> Matthew 20:23.<\/p>\n

Edie sent a note to inspire this letter. For years she and many of us have found The Prayer of the Chalice to be an inspiration. In fact it summarizes the process of healing prayer so well that the poem is included in full after the letter.<\/p>\n

A chalice is a cup with a stem. While chalice does not appear in the Bible, cup appears many times. Two passages are included above. The passage from Kings refers to a bath in King Solomon’s temple with lilies on the brim. Lilies are a symbol of forgiveness.<\/p>\n

“Ye shall drink indeed of my cup, and be baptized with the baptism that I am baptized with”<\/em> is often interpreted to mean that Jesus predicted their deaths as martyrs. However, the disciples were James and John, and John was not martyred. So Jesus was referring to the cup of living water and the baptism of the spirit, which “shall be given to them for whom it is prepared of my Father.”<\/em> With this statement Jesus tells us that it (cup\/baptism) is prepared for all of us, but we need to receive and accept these gifts.<\/p>\n

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The Damsel and the Holy Grail - Rosetti<\/p><\/div>\n

We receive the living water and spiritual love by serving as self-conscious channels in healing prayer. And we accept God’s forgiveness by offering it to others. The Prayer of the Chalice offers us insight on how to open ourselves to become that channel: empty our hearts and minds of the false self so that Christ can fill it with\u00a0the light and love and life that bring healing to those on the list, to ourselves, and to where it is most needed.<\/p>\n

This week as you engage in healing prayer begin by reciting The Prayer of the Chalice. Whenever your mind wanders from healing prayer, recite the chalice prayer again. Some people like to memorize the prayer so they can recall it when needed. However, the prayer is only a prelude to true prayer, a joining with Christ to extend His love from God, to all of God’s Creations, and back again to God. Hold nothing back; allow nothing to obstruct the free flow of Christ’s love through you, and become a true channel of love and healing.<\/p>\n

Thank you for extending Christ’s light and love and life and forgiveness and peace to those in need of healing.<\/p>\n

Peace,<\/p>\n

John<\/p>\n

\u00a0The Prayer Of The Chalice<\/p>\n

By Francis Nuttall<\/p>\n

Father, to Thee I raise my whole being,
\na vessel emptied of self. Accept Lord,
\nthis my emptiness, and so fill me with
\nThyself – Thy Light, Thy Love, Thy
\nLife – that these, Thy precious Gifts
\nmay radiate through me and overflow
\nthe chalice of my heart into
\nthe hearts of all with whom I
\ncome in contact this day
\nrevealing unto them
\nthe beauty of
\nThy Joy
\nand
\nWholeness
\nand
\nthe
\nserenity
\nof Thy Peace
\nwhich nothing can destroy<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Prayer of the Chalice Dear friends, “And it was an hand breadth thick, and the brim thereof was wrought like the brim of a cup, with flowers of lilies: …. “ 1 Kings 7:26. “And he saith unto them, Ye shall drink indeed of my cup, and be baptized with the baptism that I […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24],"tags":[228,230,229],"class_list":["post-2969","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-healing","tag-chalice","tag-channel-of-healing","tag-prayer"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/astrowin.org\/rffriends\/wpx\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2969","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/astrowin.org\/rffriends\/wpx\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/astrowin.org\/rffriends\/wpx\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/astrowin.org\/rffriends\/wpx\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/astrowin.org\/rffriends\/wpx\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2969"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"https:\/\/astrowin.org\/rffriends\/wpx\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2969\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2978,"href":"https:\/\/astrowin.org\/rffriends\/wpx\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2969\/revisions\/2978"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/astrowin.org\/rffriends\/wpx\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2969"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/astrowin.org\/rffriends\/wpx\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2969"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/astrowin.org\/rffriends\/wpx\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2969"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}