AFTER THIS MANNER THEREFORE PRAY!
IN THE HOUR OF AWAKING
Holy hosts!
Protect to day
My new day!
Help sublime give help
To me,
Who trusts,
To do my deed!
Serene is my feeling: –
Let it remain serene!
Strict my thinking: –
Let it remain strict!
Clear my speaking: –
Let it remain clear!
I submit
My thinking
To love!
ON FEEDING THE BODY
AT THE DAY’S END
IN HAPPINESS
IN NEED AND DISTRESS
CONCERNED FOR A SOUL
IN TEMPTATION
BEFORE A DIFFICULT DUTY
IN DEEP DARKNESS
AT A BIER
BY A CRADLE
IN DEEP JOY
AS TO FIND ONESELF
Innermost life!
Being of myself!
You light-filled star
Of original divine light
In the darkness of the earth!
You,
Whose ‘image’
I am, –
Earthly entwined
In the earthly, –
Not comprehending
Myself: –
Only in You
Comprehended
By You!
Far was I strayed
From myself, –
So, as I am
FOR ENLIGHTENMENT
AFTER SALVATION FROM DANGER
FOR SUCCESS
FOR WISDOM
FOR TRUE BELIEF
FOR RELEASE FROM ENSLAVEMENT TO DOUBT
FOR INNER CERTAINTY
IN SICKNESS AND PAIN