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Daily Reading Psalm 103:15-18
15 As for man, his days are like grass,
he flourishes like a flower of the field;
16 the wind blows over it and it is gone,
and its place remembers it no more.
17 But from everlasting to everlasting the LORD's love is with those who fear him, and his righteousness with their children's children-
18 with those who keep his covenant and remember to obey his precepts
15-18 How short is man's life, and uncertain! The flower of the garden is commonly more choice, and will last the longer, for being sheltered by the garden-wall, and the gardener's care; but the flower of the field, to which life is here compared, is not only withering in itself, but exposed to the cold blasts, and liable to be cropt and trod on by the beasts of the field. Such is man. God considers this, and pities him; let him consider it himself. God's mercy is better than life, for it will outlive it. His righteousness, the truth of his promise, shall be unto children's children, who tread in the footsteps of their forefathers' piety. Then shall mercy be preserved to them. Prayer for Healers: Lord make me an instrument of your health: where there is sickness, let me bring cure; where there is injury, aid; where there is suffering, ease; where there is sadness, comfort; where there is despair, hope; where there is death, acceptance and peace. Grant that I may not so much seek to be justified, as to console; to be obeyed, as to understand; to be honored, as to love; for it is in giving ourselves that we heal, it is in listening that we comfort, and it is in dying that we are born to ETERNAL LIFE. Modified from the prayer attributed to St. Francis.
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