During the past year I have joined the daily online streaming of the Anglican
Service of Morning Prayer. The informal 20-minute service with psalms and readings for the day plus discussion and prayer, is a helpful way to start the day and to direct my focus. My favourite part of the liturgy from
A Prayer Book for Australia is the prayer:
The night has passed and the day lies open before us;
let us pray with one heart and mind:
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It makes me think about how we usually start the day.
Norman Shanks of the Iona Community wrote in the book