Saints

 

As we wrap up and wind down our meditations with the Saints, here are a few prayers that I hope inspire your heart today:

 

Prayer of St. Anselm

O Lord my God, teach my heart this day where and how to see you,
Where and how to find you.
You have made me and remade me, and you have bestowed on me all the good things I possess, and still I do not know you.
I have not yet done that for which I was made.
Teach me to seek you, for I cannot seek you unless you teach me, or find you
Unless you show yourself to me.
Let me seek you in my desire, let me desire you in my seeking. Let me find you by loving you,
Let me love you when I find you.

 

St. Teresa Of Avila ~ Govern everything by your wisdom, O Lord, so that my soul may always be serving you in the way you will and not as I choose. Let me die to myself so that I may serve you; let me live to you who are life itself.  Amen.

A prayer of Julian of Norwich

In you, Father all-mighty, we have our preservation and our bliss. In you, Christ, we have our restoring and our saving. You are our mother, brother, and Saviour. In you, our Lord the Holy Spirit, is marvelous and plenteous grace. You are our clothing; for love you wrap us and embrace us. You are our maker, our lover, our keeper. Teach us to believe that by your grace all shall be well, and all shall be well, and all manner of things shall be well. Amen

 

Mother Teresa  ~ “I used to pray that God would feed the hungry, or do this or that, but now I pray that he will guide me to do whatever I'm supposed to do, what I can do. I used to pray for answers, but now I'm praying for strength. I used to believe that prayer changes things, but now I know that prayer changes us and we change things.”

 

May the song of the saints continue to hover and hum in our souls every single day for the rest of this year and throughout the New Year to come.  Amen.