Good morning…
As we near the center of this unique summer, I remember back to a prayer I met the day it officially began.
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A PRAYER TO BEGIN SUMMER
For more light in the day, we thank you,
For gentle mornings, we thank you,
For nighttime conversations, we thank you,
For friends and family, we thank you,
For gardens and all manner of creatures, we thank you.
Help us, Creator and lover of our souls.
Help us love this earth.
Help us dwell wholeheartedly in our lives this day.
Help us pray as we walk, work, play, rest, and create.
Amen.
~ By Virginia Hampton Wright, (2017, May 29). A prayer to begin summer. Ignatian Spirituality.
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As we reach the teens of this July, do we continue to thank God for the light of each day, for the gentleness of morning, for real conversations every single night? Do we continue to express our gratitude for our friends and our families, for our generous gardens, for each creature greeting us upon our daily path? As we depend more fully on the help of our Creator, the lover of our souls, might we better learn to love everyone and everything on this entire earth?
Let’s dwell wholeheartedly in this day of our lives. Let’s converse with God constantly, as we walk and work, as we play and rest, as we create and give thanks. Let’s live our “Amen,” which means, “LORD, please let this be so.”
I am confident that the Creator, who has begun such a great work among you, will not stop in mid-design but will keep perfecting you until the day Jesus the Anointed, our Liberating King, returns to redeem the world (Philippians 1:6, VOICE).
As we begin to inch toward August, might we live into another prayer?
…Sue…
