It has been a week now since Ash Wednesday. Whether one began a strenuous spiritual discipline last week or is still searching for a way to observe the season, the Lenten pilgrimage began again today for each of us.
The image shown today is Psalm 23 shown in Hebrew.
Psalm 23
1-3 God, my shepherd! I don't need a thing. You have bedded me down in lush meadows,you find me quiet pools to drink from. True to your word, you let me catch my breath and send me in the right direction.
4 Even when the way goes through Death Valley, I'm not afraid when you walk at my side. Your trusty shepherd's crook makes me feel secure.
5 You serve me a six-course dinner right in front of my enemies. You revive my drooping head; my cup brims with blessing.
6 Your beauty and love chase after me every day of my life. I'm back home in the house of God for the rest of my life.
Prayer of St. Anselm
O God, our God, grant us grace to desire you with a whole heart, so that desiring you we may seek and find you; and so finding you, may love you; and loving you may hate those sins which separate us from you, for the sake of Jesus Christ.
(St Anselm 1033-1109)
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