I love to wake up and say, I am alive! The silliness makes me smile. It's really fun. If you haven't before, you should try it.
Here's a recipe to make the morning sacred:
-Invitatory Psalm and Morning Prayer
-Yoga! The Sun Salutation is my favorite.
-Sunshine. Not required, but very nice. An open window is ideal.
So guess what I realized! DivineOffice.org actually has the Liturgy of the Hours in podcast form. This means you can just go to the website and click on Invitatory Pslam, then press Play. Then they sing it to you! This enables you to begin your yoga for some awesome meditation.
Then also listen to the Morning Prayer for the day and continue saluting the sun, or whatever you like. The Child's Pose is also a great prayer posture. Yoga lends itself quite beautifully to Christian Prayer.
I like this tip from DivineOffice.org: "Sacred Silence (indicated by a bell) – a moment to reflect and receive in our hearts the full resonance of the voice of the Holy Spirit and to unite our personal prayer more closely with the word of God and public voice of the Church." Ahh, yes. Let's.
So there you go. This is what I've been practicing lately, and it's a wonderful way to start the day. It's a short liturgy, but it makes me feel like I have plenty of time to breathe, and ample space in life to live with joy. So yeah, enjoy!
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| Islesboro sunrise from my bedroom window. A holy event. |
