PSALM OF QUIET

A way to start to pray - some of the words are from David Adam (his Celtic prayers) and some from Dag Hammarsjold (his book Markings). I hope you find them as helpful as I do.

1. God be with me as I pray:

come into the quiet within me.

2. Calm me as you silenced the storm:

still me to hear your voice.

3. Cease all the tumult inside me:

enfold me in the garment of your peace.

4. Grant us purity in heart, so we may see you:

a quiet heart, so we may listen.

5. Grant us a humble heart, so we may hear you:

a loving heart so we may serve.

6. Grant us a faithful heart so we may love you:

for I do not fully know you, but I am yours.

7. Since the longest journey of all is the journey inwards:

I do not comprehend, but I'm able to travel.

8. I don't know when it was that I answered Yes:

but from that moment on, you are the Way.