HEAR our prayers, O Lord, and consider our desires. Give unto us true humility, a meek and quiet spirit, a loving and a friendly, a holy and a useful manner of life; bearing the burdens of our neighbors, denying ourselves, and studying to benefit others, and to please Thee in all things. Grant us to be righteous in performing promises, loving to our relatives, careful of our charges; to be gentle and easy to be entreated, slow to anger, and readily prepared for every good work - Amen.-- JEREMY TAYLOR (1613-1667)
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How I love the photograph that accompanies this meditation, it goes so well from beginning (the children of "grant me", the beginning of their lives and journeys) to the end (the old woman nearing the end of her life and its journeys, careful of her "charges" here, readily prepared for guidance and loving said children).
ReplyDeleteJust excellent, Jeanne! Thank you so much.
Candace