Daily Prayer
Antiphon (mantra) repeat quietly:
O God, you are the rock of our strength. Teach us to walk the path of truth.
Psalm 90
O God, you have been our refuge;
age after age you shelter us.
Before the first dawn,
before the mountains were born
or the seas came to be,
you are God, without beginning or end.
Though you give us life,
you turn us back to dust, and say
"Return, all people of the earth."
To you a thousand years are like a single day,
like the flickering of a candle in the night.
You sweep us away like a dream,
like grass that sprouts anew each day.
In the morning we blossom and flourish;
by evening we wither and fade.
We are consumed by your anger.
Our guilt is known to you;
our secrets are revealed in your light.
All our days pass away;
our life is over in a breath.
Seventy is the sum of our years
or eighty if we are strong.
Most of these are filled with sorrow.
Help us know the shortness of life
that we may gain wisdom of heart.
Return, O God, and comfort us.
Be gracious to us, your people.
With each dawn, fill us with your love
that we may sing and rejoice all our days.
Give us joy to balance our affliction,
for the times when we knew misfortune.
Show your loving care to every generation;
let your glory shine on your people.
Let your favor be upon us.
Bless the work of our hands!
Bless the work of our hands!
Pray the Prayer of Jesus (Our Father)
Translation © 1998 Benedictine Sisters of Erie, Inc.
