One way of prayerful living is to take some time out each day to look back on the day gone past, and pray about the good and the bad, the easy and the difficult - acknowledging that God was alongside at every moment - then looking towards what will come tomorrow.
This daily Examen is a spiritual practice that St Ignatius made popular.
A simple step by step Examen can be found here, if you'd like to give it a go.
Today's Bible reading:
When you search for me, you will find me; if you seek me with all your heart,
Jeremiah 29.13
♫ Te lucis ante terminum - The traditional hymn sung at night prayer/compline - 'before the ending of the day'
(Variations translations are available, here's one:
BEFORE the ending of the day,
Creator of the world, we pray
That with thy wonted favour thou
Wouldst be our guard and keeper now.
Creator of the world, we pray
That with thy wonted favour thou
Wouldst be our guard and keeper now.
From all ill dreams defend our eyes,
From nightly fears and fantasies;
Tread under foot our ghostly foe,
That no pollution we may know.
From nightly fears and fantasies;
Tread under foot our ghostly foe,
That no pollution we may know.
O Father, that we ask be done,
Through Jesus Christ, thine only Son;
Who, with the Holy Ghost and thee,
Doth live and reign eternally. Amen. )
Through Jesus Christ, thine only Son;
Who, with the Holy Ghost and thee,
Doth live and reign eternally. Amen. )
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