Morning Prayer

Lord my God,
the morning sky announces a new day.
All around me, creation is beginning its song of praise.
I now join my heart and body
with all peoples and all creation
as I lift up my heart to You, my God.

This day will hold much for me,
and so that I may not miss its hidden message,
Your living word to me,
I now enter the cave of my heart
and, there, pray to You in stillness.
Quiet of body and peaceful of spirit,
I rest in You.

Source: Edward Hays, Prayers for the Domestic Church