Love Alone

SOMETIMES I am tempted to cling to blessings received during times apart instead of vigilantly seeking God in the ordinary tasks and times of my life. For almost six years I lived with a small monastic community, and I often yearn for its healthy daily rhythm of prayer, work, study, and recreation. “Let go!” says God. “That was then; this is now. Walk with me on the sacred ground of the present moment, and you will find me in some unexpected places.” - Elizabeth J. Canham A Table of Delight

O Lord and Master of my life, Grant not unto me a spirit of idleness, of discouragement, of lust for power, and of vain speaking. But bestow upon me, Thy servant, the spirit of chastity, of meekness, of patience, and of love. Yea, O Lord and King, grant that I may perceive my own transgressions, and judge not my brother, for blessed art Thou unto ages of ages.  Amen.    

We, miserable sinners, always run hastefully to the Mother of God; bowing down in repentance, crying from the depths of our soul: "O Sovereign, help us, come at us with pity, hurry up, we're going to be lost in the multitude of our sins. Do not disappoint you rservants because you are our only hope. we, unworthy, shall never cease to proclaim your might, O Mother of God! If you were not there to intercede, who would have delivered us from many dangers? Who would have preserved us immune to the present? We will not turn away from you, O Queen, because you always save your servants from every evil, you who are the only blessed". Visit also: http://theotokosdamascinimalta.blogspot.com/

Katie Melua, I Cried for You