I did the early morning office when I awoke and the BCP office just now.
Last week was a bad prayer week - and I even went to the abbey! I did not have a good time at the abbey this trip. My heart was not in the right place to receive rest and discernment. Too many tasks to get done. Too much work to do.
I realize when this happens that my rule of life is not ruling - but life is ruling... if that makes sense. So all I can do is apply myself to praying the hours once again. This pattern of living always chips away at my busy life and my self-centered attitudes.
Prayer is always the right thing to do. So today I'm going to pray all 5 offices. This is my chief goal. If I get nothing else done today except for that, I will have lived well this day.
I was thankful this morning for Psalm 107. It's a song of thanks sung by the "redeemed of the Lord." It talks about how time after time the redeemed are those who cry out the God. And everytime God saves them. This was a good word for me today. I know that this doesn't mean that life will be carefree, but I needed to hear today that God is about making this right in His creation and that my life is a part of that. I was glad to know that I can cry to God and be heard.
I started reading again the Psalms that the Benedictine monks read every day. I started doing this because of something I read recently by Kathleen Norris. I'll spare you the whole paragraph. She says, "One of the first symptoms of both acedia and depression is the inability to address the body's basic daily needs. It is also a refusal of repetition." This has everything to do with hygiene and cleaning the house, but specifically with daily prayer.
So, this morning as I was reading a Psalm I had read many times, I came across a line in I had never notice before. "For the Lord takes pleasure in His people; He will beautify the afflicted ones with salvation" (Psalm 149:4). I absolutely love the second line of that verse. Salvation is a beautiful thing.
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I did the early morning office when I awoke and the BCP office just now.
Last week was a bad prayer week - and I even went to the abbey! I did not have a good time at the abbey this trip. My heart was not in the right place to receive rest and discernment. Too many tasks to get done. Too much work to do.
I realize when this happens that my rule of life is not ruling - but life is ruling... if that makes sense. So all I can do is apply myself to praying the hours once again. This pattern of living always chips away at my busy life and my self-centered attitudes.
Prayer is always the right thing to do. So today I'm going to pray all 5 offices. This is my chief goal. If I get nothing else done today except for that, I will have lived well this day.
I was thankful this morning for Psalm 107. It's a song of thanks sung by the "redeemed of the Lord." It talks about how time after time the redeemed are those who cry out the God. And everytime God saves them. This was a good word for me today. I know that this doesn't mean that life will be carefree, but I needed to hear today that God is about making this right in His creation and that my life is a part of that. I was glad to know that I can cry to God and be heard.
I started reading again the Psalms that the Benedictine monks read every day. I started doing this because of something I read recently by Kathleen Norris. I'll spare you the whole paragraph. She says, "One of the first symptoms of both acedia and depression is the inability to address the body's basic daily needs. It is also a refusal of repetition." This has everything to do with hygiene and cleaning the house, but specifically with daily prayer.
So, this morning as I was reading a Psalm I had read many times, I came across a line in I had never notice before. "For the Lord takes pleasure in His people; He will beautify the afflicted ones with salvation" (Psalm 149:4). I absolutely love the second line of that verse. Salvation is a beautiful thing.
Getting a late start today - kids up sick in the night... yikes!
I did the early morning office when I awoke and just did the BCP morning prayers. Hope to do all 5 again today.
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Woke up late today. Sort of on purpose. Miles woke us up a couple times through the night. Hope to end the day well.
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