Morning prayer · 8 June

Faith that can’t be beaten

An old iron bell hanging outdoors at dawn, caught mid-swing with sound lines radiating out, calling the day awake.

Lord our God, you’ve shaken the heaviness of sleep from us and called us together. Please give us, God, faith that can’t be beaten, love that doesn’t waver, and hope that’s real. Bless our going out and our coming in, our actions and our work, our words and our thoughts. And let us begin this day praising you, singing and thanking you for your goodness, which is greater than words can say. For your holy name is blessed, and the kingdom of the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit is praised, now and always and forever. Amen.

The LORD will watch over your coming and going, both now and forevermore.

Psalm 121:8 (BSB)

Adapted from the Orthodox Morning Prayers, tr. Isabel Hapgood (1906), in plain words. The verse is from the Berean Standard Bible (public domain). Drawing: Mutter.