Today’s blog came to me when I was praying yesterday morning. It links back to the day before, so if you want to refresh your memory, here is a link: https://wp.me/p45bCr-d9R.
Whilst writing the poem below, I saw in my mind’s eye a very simple circlet of beads to go with it. So, later in the day, I made a prototype, pictured above. Afterwards I realised it needs to have groups of eight beads, rather than 16.
It will have one bead per line, and will be said silently, in time with my breathing. A larger bead will mark the end of the last line. I will kiss each marker-bead as I come to it, before beginning the prayer again on the next eight beads. There will be enough beads in the circlet to say the prayer several times, making it a source of comfort and strength. Using it requires only one hand, so it can easily be said whilst lying down, sitting, standing, or walking.
Anyway, after this long introduction, here is today’s prayer. Of course, a circlet of beads is not necessary for praying this little meditation. You might like to try breathing in as you silently and slowly say the first line of each couplet, then out as you say the second.
I love you, LORD; you are my strength (Psalm 18:1; NLT).
Jesus, I love you.
Jesus, forgive me.
Jesus, I thank you,
My staff, and my rod.
Jesus, please help me.
Jesus, I praise you.
Jesus, you love me,
My Lord and my God.
“My Lord and my God!” Thomas exclaimed (John 20:28; NLT).
References
In Christ lives all the fullness of God in a human body (Colossians 2:9; NLT).
Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father (Philippians 2:11; NLT).
God was in Christ, reconciling the world to himself (2 Corinthians 5:19; NLT).
God in all his fullness was pleased to live in Christ (Colossians 1:19; NLT).
The Rosary Hospital
Do you remember me saying that I’d been able to give up supergluing the final knots on my rosaries? Yesterday, to my horror, my own (unglued) rosary came apart. Now I’m imagining all the unglued rosaries I’ve sent out coming apart. There’s nothing I can do about this other than to start using glue again, and making sure people know that if they have a problem, I’ll be very happy to re-cord (and glue), their rosary.