Prayer For Today

“Give us, O God, the needs of the body, Give us, O God, the needs of the soul; Give us, O God, the healing balsam of the body, Give us, O God, the healing balsam of the soul. Amen

Consecrate us heart and body Thou King of Kings, Thou God of all. Each heart and body. Each day to Thyself. Each night accordingly, Thou King of Kings, Thou God of all. Amen. 

I am giving Thee worship with my whole life, I am giving Thee assent with my whole power, I am giving Thee praise with my whole tongue, I am giving Thee honour with my whole utterance. 

I am giving Thee love with my whole devotion, I am giving Thee kneeling with my whole desire, I am giving Thee love with my whole heart, I am giving Thee affection with my whole sense, I am giving Thee my existence with my whole mind, I am giving Thee my soul, O God of all gods. Amen.”

Commentary - Esther de Waal, Living With Contradiction

“One of the reasons that I have been drawn to the Celtic tradition, and have frequently found that it deepens my appreciation of the Rule of St Benedict, is that in their totally simple and unselfconscious prayers I see a people who find it quite natural to present the whole of themselves and the whole of their lives to God.”