Daily Primer — June 9, Corfu — Greece
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.
Our lives have many structures—our jobs, our families—because it's only within limits that anything meaningful can happen. If all possibilities were available at all moments, if there were no limits, no boundaries, no definitions, we'd be lost. People mistakenly think that happiness comes from removing all limits. The lesson of the lengthening shadows is to forgive and to live to the full within the inherent limits and boundaries of our lives.
peregrinatio est tacere
As my prayer became more attentive and inward,
I had less and less to say.
I finally became silent.
I started to listen
Which is even further removed from speaking.
I then learnt that praying is hearing.
Not merely being silent.
That is how it is.
To pray does not mean to listen to oneself speaking;
Prayer involves becoming silent,
And being silent,
And waiting until God is heard.
peregrinatio est tacere
As my prayer became more attentive and inward,
I had less and less to say.
I finally became silent.
I started to listen
Which is even further removed from speaking.
I then learnt that praying is hearing.
Not merely being silent.
That is how it is.
To pray does not mean to listen to oneself speaking;
Prayer involves becoming silent,
And being silent,
And waiting until God is heard.
The Music of Silence p. 97 toward end of section on None, by David Steindl-Rast O.S.B.
And the Latin Phrase —
“Pilgrimage means that a man should control his own tongue” Translation by Benedicta Ward SLG of Abba Tithoes in The Sayings of the Desert Fathers - the Alphabetical Collection, #2.
And the remarks about Silence —
Søren Kierkegaard, quoted by Joachim Berendt in The Third Ear, translated by Tim Nevill (Shaftsbury, England: Element Books, 1988).
And the Latin Phrase —
“Pilgrimage means that a man should control his own tongue” Translation by Benedicta Ward SLG of Abba Tithoes in The Sayings of the Desert Fathers - the Alphabetical Collection, #2.
And the remarks about Silence —
Søren Kierkegaard, quoted by Joachim Berendt in The Third Ear, translated by Tim Nevill (Shaftsbury, England: Element Books, 1988).
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.
Ever-present Lord: you come to us not only in worship but in unexpected places. Indeed, the whole world points to its creator for those who have cultivated the habit of seeking you in every aspect of life. Saturate our discipleship with meaning — be pervasively present to us, that we might come to trust that with you we are enough. And for our part we will persistently pray, “Lead me” in every aspect of our life. In the name of the Alpha and Omega, the beginning and end, our Lord, Jesus. Amen.
Liturgy of the Hours - PHL.
O God, come to my assistance,
O Lord, make haste to help me!
Glory be to the Father, and to the Son,
and to the Holy Spirit: as it was in the beginning,
is now, and ever shall be, world without end. Amen.
You, Lord, are “the Alpha and the Omega, the first and the last, the beginning and the end.” In you our lives have both beginning and ending, initiation and completion. You hem us in behind and before and lay your guiding hand upon us. As we come to the close of the day, we give thanks that you are the God who is, who was, and who is to come.
Now at the close of the day we seek your blessing as we enter into the time for rest. As we relinquish consciousness in the gift of sleep, we give into your care:
† all of our unfinished business,
† our unresolved concerns,
† our worries for those we love,
and we entrust them all to your care that we might rest
well and come into deeper communion with you.
All this we pray that we might be restored in our hours of
rest and made ready to rise up in vigil and praise on the
morrow and live fully as disciples of our Lord, Jesus, in
whose name we pray. Amen.
O Lord, make haste to help me!
Glory be to the Father, and to the Son,
and to the Holy Spirit: as it was in the beginning,
is now, and ever shall be, world without end. Amen.
You, Lord, are “the Alpha and the Omega, the first and the last, the beginning and the end.” In you our lives have both beginning and ending, initiation and completion. You hem us in behind and before and lay your guiding hand upon us. As we come to the close of the day, we give thanks that you are the God who is, who was, and who is to come.
Now at the close of the day we seek your blessing as we enter into the time for rest. As we relinquish consciousness in the gift of sleep, we give into your care:
† all of our unfinished business,
† our unresolved concerns,
† our worries for those we love,
and we entrust them all to your care that we might rest
well and come into deeper communion with you.
All this we pray that we might be restored in our hours of
rest and made ready to rise up in vigil and praise on the
morrow and live fully as disciples of our Lord, Jesus, in
whose name we pray. Amen.
Psalm 70:1, sicut erat, Revelation 22:13. Psalm 139:5. Revelation 1:4,8. A collect-prayer for Sunday Compline — Liturgy of the Hours — PHL.
