Pulchritudo splendor veritatis.
Paul A. Jungwirth
Illuminated Computing
Redlands, California
And grant rest, O Master
To our souls and bodies as we sleep;
Preserve us from the gloomy slumber of sin
And from the dark passions of the night.
Calm the impulses of carnal desires,
Quench the fiery darts of the evil one
Which are craftily directed against us.
Still the rebellions of the flesh,
And put far from us all anxiety and worldly cares.
Grant us, O God, a watchful mind,
Pure thoughts, a sober heart,
And a quiet rest, free from ever vision of the devil.
Raise us up again at the hour of prayer,
Strengthened in they precepts
And holding within us steadfastly the thought of Thy commandments.
Grant that we may sing praises to Thee through the night
And that we may hymn, bless, and glorify
Thine all-honorable and majestic Name,
Of the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit,
Now and ever and unto ages of ages.
Amen.
Always I have felt pressure to be less serious. For most of my life, I even tried to do it, without success. So grimly I sought levity! Finally, during JVC, I rejected that pressure. It was a conscious choice, and it felt like waking up. I was reading Pilgrim’s Progress. Bunyan startled me by calling […]
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