It's all good so far

1 Corinthians 2:1-5

2 When I came to you, brothers and sisters,* I did not come proclaiming the mystery* of God to you in lofty words or wisdom.2For I decided to know nothing among you except Jesus Christ, and him crucified. 3And I came to you in weakness and in fear and in much trembling. 4My speech and my proclamation were not with plausible words of wisdom,* but with a demonstration of the Spirit and of power,5so that your faith might rest not on human wisdom but on the power of God.
“Grant Lord that all my intentions, actions, and operations be directed purely to Your praise and service.” Oracion Preparatoria by Juan Carlos Merchan SJ.

The five-step Daily Examen that St. Ignatius practiced calls one to:

1. Become aware of God’s presence.
2. Review the day with gratitude.
3. Pay attention to your emotions.
4. Choose one feature of the day and pray from it.
5. Look toward tomorrow.

My practice differs a bit. Prayer, then Readings from the Lectionary, followed by an email to the daughter with a scripture passage usually from Psalms, and then listen to the Pray as You Go Podcast on the morning commute. I try to capture a thought from this process and reflect on it in this blog during the day.

I do greet each day with gratitude and look forward to tomorrow.

The hymn this morning on the Pray as You Go podcast was the Oracion Preparatoria by a group of Jesuit Monks in Columbia. I had to do some Google research and translation, along with the use of the rewind feature to capture the intent of the hymn.

Oracion Preparatoria, as I now understand it, is a call to prayer. It is an intentional focusing.

My routine starts as I am crawling out of bead and runs through an opening prayer, the Apostles Creed and then my main prayer.

I pray thanksgiving for family and friends and the blessing in our lives. I pray that we continue to learn, love, live, laugh, andlead the lives the God has intended for us. I pray for immediate family in our actions for the day and our concerns. Next comes prayer for parents then siblings Nd their families by name. Then their extended families. Scouts and scouters in thei endeavors. Then I pray for our church, the clergy, councils, committees, staff and vestry. I pray for their cares and concerns, known and unknown.

Now I have to admit that this prayer sometimes runs on autopilot whether on the shower or shaving or waiting for the computer to boot up. The intent is there but not always the focus. Something that I must work on.

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