Lent Day 6: "Still Small Voice"

When we persevere with the help of a gentle discipline, we slowly come to hear the still, small voice and to feel the delicate breeze, and so to come to know the presence of Love.

Henri Nouwen

Prayer is an important activity for me.  I construct and use Anglican Rosaries (such as the one at right) as a tool to still my mind and allow me to listen for the still small voice.

Here is a prayer setting which I made up for myself, based on the peace prayer attributed to St. Francis of Assisi:

Prayer Bead Prayer of St. Francis

First circuit:

Inv:

Oh Divine Master, grant that I may not

So much seek to be consoled as to console;

Cru

O Lord, make me an instrument of Thy Peace!

Weeks

Where there is hatred, let me sow love.

Where there is injury, pardon.

Where there is discord, harmony.

Where there is doubt, faith.

Where there is despair, hope.

Where there is darkness, light.

Where there is sorrow, joy.

Second circuit:

Inv

Oh Divine Master, grant that I may not

So much seek to be understood as to understand

Cru and Weeks as before

Third Circuit

Inv

Oh Divine Master, grant that I may not

So much seek to be loved as to love

Cru and Weeks as before

Cross

For it is in giving that we receive;

It is in pardoning that we are pardoned;

And it is in dying that we are born to Eternal Life."