Daily Invocation of the Most Holy Trinity
O Source of all Being, Fountain of Life, and Wellspring of the Godhead: You are the very Ground and Energy of Love; the overflowing of your Joy created the worlds and we are held in existence by your Good Pleasure; mercifully grant that I may this day draw water with rejoicing from the spring of salvation, giving thanks to you and calling upon your Name.O Savior and Sustainer of all, Bread of Life and True Vine, Light of the world and mighty Word by whom we are named; You give yourself for the life of the world; reveal unto me my own self and the Heart of your boundless Love; deliver me this day from every bond of evil and death that, forsaking all, I may follow you and, by your Passion and Death, come unto Life everlasting.O Sanctifier and Life-giving Wind, Bringer of Wholeness, Unction and Healing; You bind all things together and renew all creation, cleansing your children and leading them into Truth; pattern my life this day in your graces and strengthen me for obedient service; lift my heart unto the Divine Presence where I may be one with the Fire of your Love.Most Holy Trinity, you formed me in your image, raising me from the dust to give you glory; I bow my heart before the radiant splendor of your gracious goodness, committing myself wholly to your merciful compassion; draw me unto yourself and conform me unto your will as I proclaim with angels: Holy, holy, holy are you, O God; to you be glory for ever and ever. Amen.
This is another of the prayers I composed in the 80s. Some underlying factors were a desire not to use gendered language referring to God; a practical application of faith by repetition of "this day"; and, of course, an affective piety that is intrinsic to me.
Three decades later, I might have phrased things differently but I have no difficulty praying this prayer now.
--the BB
2 comments:
Based on Eastern Reader's Prayers?
How would you phrase things now?
Raven~, I am not sure how phrasing would be different now. This is no longer the style of my praying, which is radically simplified. There are multiple strands of influence in this prayer, the strongest being the typical Western Collect form in which petitions are grounded in the nature and actions of God. There is clearly something Eastern in the phrasing. I was given a Russian Orthodox Prayer Book many years ago (I was seeing a very cute man during Great Lent).
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