I hope you have had a wonderful week on your vacation and are on your way back home to us today!
Maybe it was the photo you sent of your beautiful location by lakes and oceans, but now I am planning a month in my camper by the sea....in fact, I'm going on January 23! In preparation for that, I am thinking about what I want to do:
Bring Evie
Take long walks on the beach
Pray the Liturgy of the Hours
Write in my blog
Eat simply and healthfully
And so I decided to read in one fell swoop the book you lent me long ago, Freedom from Emotional Eating (but really you can substitute any vice here!)
And what struck me was that all of the thoughts in our heads do not necessarily come from us! And just because we have a thought, it does not mean we have to act on it.
"Take all thoughts captive to Christ." (2 Corin 10:5)
Also, we can put boundaries on the things in our lives not in order to deprive ourselves, but in order to gain freedom.
Isn't this really the spiritual life in a nutshell?
Then this morning I woke up early and decided to pray the Office of Readings from the Liturgy of the Hours...and I thought that the morning psalm related to these ideas so well. You won't believe it!
And so, with my thanks to you for your kind lending me of your book, I wanted to send this morning's prayer to you.
Love you so much! Have a safe trip home! See you soon!
Ronda
Ant. 1 Lord, our God, in splendor and majesty you are clothed, wrapped in light as in a robe, alleluia.
Psalm 104
Hymn to God the CreatorTo be in Christ means being a completely new creature. Everything of the old is gone, now everything is made anew (2 Corinthians 5:17).
Bless the Lord, my soul!
Lord God, how great you are,
clothed in majesty and glory,
wrapped in light as in a robe!
clothed in majesty and glory,
wrapped in light as in a robe!
Ant. Lord, our God, in splendor and majesty you are clothed, wrapped in light as in a robe, alleluia.
You stretch out the heavens like a tent.
Above the rains you build your dwelling.
You make the clouds your chariot,
and walk on the wings of the wind;
you make the winds your messengers
and flashing fire your servants.
Above the rains you build your dwelling.
You make the clouds your chariot,
and walk on the wings of the wind;
you make the winds your messengers
and flashing fire your servants.
Ant. Lord, our God, in splendor and majesty you are clothed, wrapped in light as in a robe, alleluia.
You founded the earth on its base,
to stand firm from age to age.
You wrapped it with the ocean like a cloak:
the waters stood higher than the mountains.
to stand firm from age to age.
You wrapped it with the ocean like a cloak:
the waters stood higher than the mountains.
Ant. Lord, our God, in splendor and majesty you are clothed, wrapped in light as in a robe, alleluia.
At your threat they took to flight;
at the voice of your thunder they fled.
They rose over the mountains and flowed down
to the place which you had appointed.
You set the limits they might not pass
lest they return to cover the earth.
at the voice of your thunder they fled.
They rose over the mountains and flowed down
to the place which you had appointed.
You set the limits they might not pass
lest they return to cover the earth.
Ant. Lord, our God, in splendor and majesty you are clothed, wrapped in light as in a robe, alleluia.
You make springs gush forth in the valleys:
they flow in between the hills.
They give drink to all the beasts of the field;
the wild-asses quench their thirst.
On their banks dwell the birds of heaven;
from the branches they sing their song.
they flow in between the hills.
They give drink to all the beasts of the field;
the wild-asses quench their thirst.
On their banks dwell the birds of heaven;
from the branches they sing their song.
Ant. Lord, our God, in splendor and majesty you are clothed, wrapped in light as in a robe, alleluia.
Glory to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit:
— as it was in the beginning, is now, and will be for ever. Amen.
— as it was in the beginning, is now, and will be for ever. Amen.
Ant. Lord, our God, in splendor and majesty you are clothed, wrapped in light as in a robe, alleluia.
Ant. 2The Lord has brought forth bread from the earth, and wine to give warmth to men’s hearts, alleluia.
II
From your dwelling you water the hills;
earth drinks its fill of your gift.
You make the grass grow for the cattle
and the plants to serve man’s needs,
earth drinks its fill of your gift.
You make the grass grow for the cattle
and the plants to serve man’s needs,
Ant. The Lord has brought forth bread from the earth, and wine to give warmth to men’s hearts, alleluia.
that he may bring forth bread from the earth
and wine to cheer man’s heart;
oil, to make him glad
and bread to strengthen man’s heart.
and wine to cheer man’s heart;
oil, to make him glad
and bread to strengthen man’s heart.
Ant. The Lord has brought forth bread from the earth, and wine to give warmth to men’s hearts, alleluia.
The trees of the Lord drink their fill,
the cedars he planted on Lebanon;
there the birds build their nests:
on the tree-top the stork has her home.
The goats find a home on the mountains
and rabbits hide in the rocks.
the cedars he planted on Lebanon;
there the birds build their nests:
on the tree-top the stork has her home.
The goats find a home on the mountains
and rabbits hide in the rocks.
Ant. The Lord has brought forth bread from the earth, and wine to give warmth to men’s hearts, alleluia.
You made the moon to mark the months;
the sun knows the time for its setting.
When you spread the darkness it is night
and all the beasts of the forest creep forth.
The young lions roar for their prey
and ask their food from God.
the sun knows the time for its setting.
When you spread the darkness it is night
and all the beasts of the forest creep forth.
The young lions roar for their prey
and ask their food from God.
Ant. The Lord has brought forth bread from the earth, and wine to give warmth to men’s hearts, alleluia.
At the rising of the sun they steal away
and go to rest in their dens.
Man goes forth to his work,
to labor till evening falls.
and go to rest in their dens.
Man goes forth to his work,
to labor till evening falls.
Ant. The Lord has brought forth bread from the earth, and wine to give warmth to men’s hearts, alleluia.
Glory to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit:
— as it was in the beginning, is now, and will be for ever. Amen.
— as it was in the beginning, is now, and will be for ever. Amen.
Ant. The Lord has brought forth bread from the earth, and wine to give warmth to men’s hearts, alleluia.
Ant. 3 The Lord looked upon all he had made and saw that it was very good, alleluia.
III
How many are your works, O Lord!
In wisdom you have made them all.
The earth is full of your riches.
In wisdom you have made them all.
The earth is full of your riches.
Ant. The Lord looked upon all he had made and saw that it was very good, alleluia.
There is the sea, vast and wide,
with its moving swarms past counting,
living things great and small.
The ships are moving there
and the monsters you made to play with.
with its moving swarms past counting,
living things great and small.
The ships are moving there
and the monsters you made to play with.
Ant. The Lord looked upon all he had made and saw that it was very good, alleluia.
All of these look to you
to give them their food in due season.
You give it, they gather it up:
you open your hand, they have their fill.
to give them their food in due season.
You give it, they gather it up:
you open your hand, they have their fill.
Ant. The Lord looked upon all he had made and saw that it was very good, alleluia.
You hide your face, they are dismayed;
you take back your spirit, they die,
returning to the dust from which they came.
You send forth your spirit, they are created;
and you renew the face of the earth.
you take back your spirit, they die,
returning to the dust from which they came.
You send forth your spirit, they are created;
and you renew the face of the earth.
Ant. The Lord looked upon all he had made and saw that it was very good, alleluia.
May the glory of the Lord last forever!
May the Lord rejoice in his works!
He looks on the earth and it trembles;
the mountains send forth smoke at his touch.
May the Lord rejoice in his works!
He looks on the earth and it trembles;
the mountains send forth smoke at his touch.
Ant. The Lord looked upon all he had made and saw that it was very good, alleluia.
I will sing to the Lord all my life,
make music to my God while I live.
May my thoughts be pleasing to him.
I find my joy in the Lord.
Let sinners vanish from the earth
and the wicked exist no more.
make music to my God while I live.
May my thoughts be pleasing to him.
I find my joy in the Lord.
Let sinners vanish from the earth
and the wicked exist no more.
Ant. The Lord looked upon all he had made and saw that it was very good, alleluia.
Bless the Lord, my soul.
Ant. The Lord looked upon all he had made and saw that it was very good, alleluia.
Glory to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit:
— as it was in the beginning, is now, and will be for ever. Amen.
— as it was in the beginning, is now, and will be for ever. Amen.
Psalm-prayer
Father, as you made springs in valleys to form streams between mountains, so you made living streams of grace flow from the Apostles that their teaching may bring salvation to all the nations. May we have a practical knowledge of their doctrine, be obedient to their commands, obtain remission of our sins through their prayers, and finally receive the reward of eternal happiness.
Ant. The Lord looked upon all he had made and saw that it was very good, alleluia.
Sabana Grande, Puerto Rico
No comments:
Post a Comment