The Hours

MATINS

Be still. A great kindness is coming toward you.

Rumi

LAUDS

Not knowing when the dawn will come, I open every door.

Emily Dickinson

PRIME

I thank you God, for most this amazing day, for the leaping greenly spirit of trees,

and a blue true dream of sky, and for everything which is natural, which is

infinite, which is you.

e.e.cummings

TIERCE

To God belongs the East and the West, and wherever you turn, there is the face of

God.

The Qur’an

SEXT

Let me keep my mind on what matters, which is my work. My work is loving the

world.

Mary Oliver

NONE

Let your loveliness shine on us, O Lord, and bless the work we do. Bless the work

of our hands.

Psalm 90:17

VESPERS

It happens sometimes that the way is beautiful.

Georges Rouault

COMPLINE

Night is drawing nigh. For all that has been thanks. For all that will be, yes.

Dag Hammarskjold