Day of Prayer

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Today is a day of prayer and reflection.  It is a chance to get away from it all, and to focus on God and my life with God.  It is a day of great peace.  I need these days.  It is a day to put things in perspective.- to realize the life on this earth with all its little and big problems is temporary.  As St. Therese of the Little Flower said, "All things are passing"

Psalm 131

This was one of the psalms we prayed in the office this a.m.  This is a slight paraphrase but it goes something like this:  It is enough that my soul is still and quiet like a child on its mother's lap."  What a beautiful image!  I think this is what happens not only to me but many who sit in the silence and listen to God.  It gives one the sense of security that a child in its mother's lap has.  Such a prayer gives one the security that life's problems do not matter as long as one can rest in the heart of God.