Daily Primer — July 18, ĺsafjördur, Iceland
Each day you will be given:
A Florilegium entry
A Daily Prayer
and a Night Prayer.
A Florilegium entry
A Daily Prayer
and a Night Prayer.
When you are weary of praying and do not receive,
consider how often you have heard a poor man calling, and have not listened to him.
For Christians above all men are forbidden to correct the stumblings of sinners by force...it is necessary to make a man better not by force but by persuasion. We neither have authority granted us by law to restrain sinners, nor, if it were, should we know how to use it, since God gives the crown to those who are kept from evil, not by force, but by choice.
Do not be ashamed to enter again into the Church. Be ashamed when you sin. Do not be ashamed when you repent. Pay attention to what the devil did to you. These are two things: sin and repentance. Sin is a wound; repentance is a medicine. Just as there are for the body wounds and medicines, so for the soul are sins and repentance. However, sin has the shame and repentance possesses the courage.
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† Dei gloriae — an enduring emphasis on the praise of God’s glory as the chief end of creation. “theology has to begin and end with doxology—a common vision of God’s astounding beauty.”
† Sacramentum mundi — the sacramental character of the world, the “reminder that praise is always local, growing out of the specific memory and ecology of the world from which it rises.”
† Peregrinatio perpetua — the radically open-ended and ongoing character of pilgrimage in the Celtic tradition. This spirit invites hospitality and a simplicity of lifestyle.
consider how often you have heard a poor man calling, and have not listened to him.
For Christians above all men are forbidden to correct the stumblings of sinners by force...it is necessary to make a man better not by force but by persuasion. We neither have authority granted us by law to restrain sinners, nor, if it were, should we know how to use it, since God gives the crown to those who are kept from evil, not by force, but by choice.
Do not be ashamed to enter again into the Church. Be ashamed when you sin. Do not be ashamed when you repent. Pay attention to what the devil did to you. These are two things: sin and repentance. Sin is a wound; repentance is a medicine. Just as there are for the body wounds and medicines, so for the soul are sins and repentance. However, sin has the shame and repentance possesses the courage.
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† Dei gloriae — an enduring emphasis on the praise of God’s glory as the chief end of creation. “theology has to begin and end with doxology—a common vision of God’s astounding beauty.”
† Sacramentum mundi — the sacramental character of the world, the “reminder that praise is always local, growing out of the specific memory and ecology of the world from which it rises.”
† Peregrinatio perpetua — the radically open-ended and ongoing character of pilgrimage in the Celtic tradition. This spirit invites hospitality and a simplicity of lifestyle.
Several quotes from the writings of St. John Chrysostom, 347-407 CE.[Volume VIII St. Chrysostom: Homily IX; Volume IX St. Chrysostom: On the Priesthood - Book II; Homily II. Paragraph 6 - Resisting the Temptation of the Devil].
And then:
Three theological insights Belden Lane attributes to his visits to Taizé & Iona, as he writes about them in Belden Lane, Ravished by Desire: The Surprising Legacy of Reformed Spirituality, p. 54-57.
And then:
Three theological insights Belden Lane attributes to his visits to Taizé & Iona, as he writes about them in Belden Lane, Ravished by Desire: The Surprising Legacy of Reformed Spirituality, p. 54-57.
Florilegium is the Medieval Latin word for bouquet, or more literally flowers (flos, flor-) which are gathered (legere). The word florilegium was used to refer to a compilation of writings, often religious or philosophical. These florilegium are literary flowers—beautiful words/prayers/thoughts I have gathered. During my sabbatical they will give me something to ponder each day. — PHL.
Thanks be to Thee, Jesus Christ,
Who brought me up from last night,
To the gladsome light of this day,
To win everlasting life for my soul,
Through the blood Thou didst shed for me.
Praise be to Thee, O God, for ever,
For the blessings Thou didst bestow on me:
My food, my speech, my work, my health.
And I beseech Thee
To shield me from sin,
To shield me from ill,
To sain me this night,
And I low and poor,
O God of the poor!
O Christ of the wounds!
Give me wisdom along with Thy grace.
May the Holy One claim me,
And protect me on sea and on land,
And lead me on from step to step,
To the peace of the Everlasting City,
The peace of the Everlasting City!
Who brought me up from last night,
To the gladsome light of this day,
To win everlasting life for my soul,
Through the blood Thou didst shed for me.
Praise be to Thee, O God, for ever,
For the blessings Thou didst bestow on me:
My food, my speech, my work, my health.
And I beseech Thee
To shield me from sin,
To shield me from ill,
To sain me this night,
And I low and poor,
O God of the poor!
O Christ of the wounds!
Give me wisdom along with Thy grace.
May the Holy One claim me,
And protect me on sea and on land,
And lead me on from step to step,
To the peace of the Everlasting City,
The peace of the Everlasting City!
Carmina Gadelica: Hymns & Incantations collected in the Highlands and Islands of Scotland, Alexander Carmichael. - #41 Morning Prayer.
Thou angel of God who hast charge of me
From the fragrant Father of mercifulness,
The gentle encompassing of the Sacred Heart
To make round my soul-shrine this night,
Oh, round my soul-shrine this night.
Ward from me every distress and danger,
Encompass my course over the ocean of truth,
I pray thee, place thy pure light before me,
O bright beauteous angel on this very night,
Bright beauteous angel on this very night.
Be Thyself the guiding star above me,
Illume Thou to me every reef and shoal,
Pilot my barque on the crest of the wave,
To the restful haven of the waveless sea,
Oh, the restful haven of the waveless sea.
From the fragrant Father of mercifulness,
The gentle encompassing of the Sacred Heart
To make round my soul-shrine this night,
Oh, round my soul-shrine this night.
Ward from me every distress and danger,
Encompass my course over the ocean of truth,
I pray thee, place thy pure light before me,
O bright beauteous angel on this very night,
Bright beauteous angel on this very night.
Be Thyself the guiding star above me,
Illume Thou to me every reef and shoal,
Pilot my barque on the crest of the wave,
To the restful haven of the waveless sea,
Oh, the restful haven of the waveless sea.
Carmina Gadelica: Hymns & Incantations collected in the Highlands and Islands of Scotland, Alexander Carmichael. - #39 Soul-Shrine.