Pax
D.H. Lawrence
All that matters is to be at one with the living God
to be a creature in the house of the God of Life.
Like a cat asleep on a chair
at peace, in peace
and at one with the master of the house, with the mistress,
at home, at home in the house of the living,
sleeping on the hearth, and yawning before the fire.
Sleeping on the hearth of the living world
yawning at home before the fire of life
feeling the presence of the living God
like a great reassurance
a deep calm in the heart
a presence
as of the master sitting at the board
in his own and greater being,
in the house of life.
Pray: Into Your Keeping
Margaret Cropper
Now, into Your keeping,
I give all doings of today.
All disappointments,
hindrances,
forgotten things,
negligences.
All gladness and beauty,
love,
delight,
achievement.
All that people
have done for me,
All that I have done for them,
All my work, and my prayers,
And I commit to You,
All the people I love,
to Your shepherding,
Your healing,
Your restoring,
Your calling,
Your making,
Your care.
