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12By the streams the birds of the air have their habitation;

they sing among the branches.

13From your lofty abode you water the mountains;

the earth is satisfied with the fruit of your work.

14You cause the grass to grow for the cattle,

and plants for people to use, to bring forth food from the earth,

15and wine to gladden the human heart,

oil to make the face shine, and bread to strengthen the human heart.


Verses from Psalm 103(4)

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]]> no@spam.com (Fr. Paul Hackett) Mon, 23 Mar 2009 13:19:48 UTC http://www.rcdai.org.uk/articles/157/1/Bless-the-Lord-my-Soul/Page1.html <![CDATA[Night Prayer]]> http://www.rcdai.org.uk/articles/152/1/Night-Prayer/Page1.html



Come, bless the Lord, all you servants of the Lord,

Who stand by night in the house of the Lord!

Lift up your hands to the holy place

And bless the Lord!

 

Psalm 133 (134) from Night Prayer, Liturgy of the Hours


]]> no@spam.com (Fr. Paul Hackett) Mon, 09 Mar 2009 12:13:56 UTC http://www.rcdai.org.uk/articles/152/1/Night-Prayer/Page1.html <![CDATA[The Rose Within]]> http://www.rcdai.org.uk/articles/135/1/The-Rose-Within/Page1.html




The Rose Within



A certain man planted a rose and watered it faithfully, and before it blossomed, he examined it.

He saw the bud that would soon blossom and also the thorns. 
He thought, “How can any beautiful flower come from a plant burdened with so many sharp thorns?”

Saddened by this thought, he neglected to water the rose and before it was ready to bloom, it died.

So it is with people.  Within every soul there is a rose.  The God-like qualities planted in us at birth grow amid the thorns of our faults. 

Many of us look at ourselves, and see only the thorns, the defects. We despair, thinking that nothing good can possibly come from us. 

We neglect to water the good within us, and eventually it dies.  We never realise our potential.

Some people do not see the rose within themselves; someone else must show it to them.

One of the greatest gifts a person can possess is to be able to reach past the thorns and find the rose within others. 

This is the characteristic of love, to look at a person, and knowing his or her faults, recognise the nobility within their soul and help them to realise that they can overcome their faults. 

If we show a person their rose, they will conquer their thorns.  Then they will blossom, blooming forth thirty, sixty, a hundredfold as is given to them.

Our duty in this world is to help others by showing them their roses and not their thorns.  Only then can we achieve the love we should feel for each other; only then can we bloom in our own garden.



]]> no@spam.com (Website Editor) Mon, 09 Mar 2009 12:13:10 UTC http://www.rcdai.org.uk/articles/135/1/The-Rose-Within/Page1.html <![CDATA[An Evening Prayer]]> http://www.rcdai.org.uk/articles/134/1/An-Evening-Prayer/Page1.html             




Save us, Lord, while we are awake;
protect us while we sleep;
that we may watch with Christ
and rest with him in peace.

(Antiphon from Night Prayer, Liturgy of the Hours)



]]> no@spam.com (Fr. Paul Hackett) Mon, 09 Mar 2009 12:06:02 UTC http://www.rcdai.org.uk/articles/134/1/An-Evening-Prayer/Page1.html <![CDATA[Let all praise the name of the Lord]]> http://www.rcdai.org.uk/articles/121/1/Let-all-praise-the-name-of-the-Lord/Page1.html       

Let all praise the name of the Lord.

Let heaven praise the Lord:
praise him, heavenly heights,
praise him, all his angels,
praise him, all his armies!

Let all praise the name of the Lord.

Praise him, sun and moon,
praise him, shining stars,
praise him, highest heavens,
and waters above the heavens!

Let all praise the name of the Lord.

Mountains and hills,
orchards and forests,
wild animals and farm animals,
snakes and birds.

Let all praise the name of the Lord.

All things on the earth and nations,
princes, all rules in the world,
young men and girls,
old people, and children too!

Let all praise the name of the Lord.

(from Psalm 148)

]]> no@spam.com (Fr. Paul Hackett) Tue, 21 Oct 2008 09:10:14 UTC http://www.rcdai.org.uk/articles/121/1/Let-all-praise-the-name-of-the-Lord/Page1.html <![CDATA[Psalm 103]]> http://www.rcdai.org.uk/articles/110/1/Psalm-103/Page1.html



Bless the Lord, my soul!
Lord God, how great you are,
clothed in majesty and glory,
wrapped in light as in a robe!

May the glory of the Lord last for ever!
May the Lord rejoice in his works!
]]> no@spam.com (Fr. Paul Hackett) Tue, 16 Sep 2008 22:53:15 UTC http://www.rcdai.org.uk/articles/110/1/Psalm-103/Page1.html <![CDATA[Psalm 71]]> http://www.rcdai.org.uk/articles/111/1/Psalm-71/Page1.html



It is you, O Lord, who are my hope
my trust, O Lord, since my youth.
On you I have leaned from my birth,
from my mother's womb you have been my help.
My hope has always been in you.
 ]]> no@spam.com (Fr. Paul Hackett) Tue, 16 Sep 2008 22:52:02 UTC http://www.rcdai.org.uk/articles/111/1/Psalm-71/Page1.html <![CDATA[Psalm 23]]> http://www.rcdai.org.uk/articles/30/1/Psalm-23/Page1.html

Psalm23



Surely goodness and kindness shall follow me all the days of my life.

In the Lord's own house shall I dwell for ever and ever.



]]> no@spam.com (Fr. Paul Hackett) Tue, 16 Sep 2008 18:21:38 UTC http://www.rcdai.org.uk/articles/30/1/Psalm-23/Page1.html <![CDATA[Psalm 64]]> http://www.rcdai.org.uk/articles/86/1/Psalm-64/Page1.html


You keep your pledge with wonders,
O God our Saviour,
The hope of all the earth
And of far distant isles.

You uphold the mountains with your strength,
You are girded with power.
You still the roaring of the sea,
the roaring of the waves
And the tumult of the peoples.

The ends of the earth stand in awe
At the sight of your wonders.
The lands of sunrise and sunset you fill with your joy.

(from Psalm 64 [65])

]]> no@spam.com (Fr. Paul Hackett) Mon, 05 May 2008 20:03:08 UTC http://www.rcdai.org.uk/articles/86/1/Psalm-64/Page1.html <![CDATA[The Bread of Life]]> http://www.rcdai.org.uk/articles/46/1/The-Bread-of-Life/Page1.html

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