Reading From the Rule

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Tuesday, October 23, 2012

The Same Psalms repeat.


 To repeat the words each day at the same time could lead to rote memorization.  How often do we repeat the words of the Lord’s Prayer without hearing them?  How often do we go through the motions of the Mass without our spirit being present? 

However, in times of stress and anxiety, to have the words at hand brings comfort.  When the mind will not think clearly, the memorized prayers give me the words I need.  The rhythm of the days in which we repeat the words of the psalms or of prayers become rhythms with which we float when we need something to keep us above the raging waters of difficult times.


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