You, oh Lord, abide for ever
and will not for ever be angry with us,
for You have taken pity on us
who are earth and ashes;
and so it was pleasing in Your sight
to give new form to my deformity.
You goaded me within
to make me chafe impatiently
until You should grow clear to my spiritual sight.
At the unseen touch of Your medicine
my swelling subsided,
while under the stinging eye-salve of curative pain
the fretful darkened vision of my spirit
began to improve day by day.
St. Augustine of Hippo
Prayer and Meditation is a form of conscious contact with God in which an attempt is made
to communicate our needs to God, and reflect upon the will of God. The meaning
of meditation is derived from the Latin word meditari (to concentrate).
Meditation is the process of deliberately focusing on specific thoughts (e.g.
the will of God, a beautiful experience, a spiritual desire, or relief from
specific mental or spiritual pain, etc.) and thinking on their meaning in the context of God's
Love, and our perspective of that love. This type of meditation is intended to stimulate thought and
receive a deeper understanding of God. It is for cultivating the personal relationship
with God.
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MY LORD GOD, I have no idea where I am going. I do not see the road ahead of me. I cannot know for certain where it will end. Nor do I really know myself, and the fact that I think that I am following your will does not mean that I am actually doing so. But I believe that the desire to please you does in fact please you. And I hope I have that desire in all that I am doing. I hope that I will never do anything apart from that desire. And I know that if I do this you will lead me by the right road though I may know nothing about it. Therefore will I trust you always though I may seem to be lost and in the shadow of death. I will not fear, for you are ever with me, and you will never leave me to face my perils alone.
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