Exhaling

Prayer for the “Cospirazione delle Contemplative” (why DOES everything sound better in Italian?):

Father,
creator and ruler of heaven and earth,
you made man in your likeness
to subdue the earth and master it,
and to recognize the work of your hands
in created beauty.
Grant that your children,
thus surrounded on all sides by signs of your presence,
may live continually in Christ,
praising you through him and with him.
Amen.

~ from Christian Prayer, Sunday, Week II, Evening Prayer

For me, this sums up what we are about: acknowledging God as Father and Creator; acknowledging the beauty in which we are immersed, as a gift of His love; living a life of thanksgiving and offering this eucharistic attitude through and with Christ, as a continual praise of His glory.

More “unpacking” of this when I have more time.