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[From the version for families with children]
Can you imagine this psalm being prayed in the middle of the night for centuries—about a 2 AM? How’s that for getting up early! There are religious communities who live to praise God, work and pray in God’s presence all the time. They even promise to stay in the same place all the days of their life, challenging us to be careful about all the traveling that we want to do. Jesus never went beyond the Lands that became holy by his presence.
Pray this psalm in the spirit of those who begin their day in the middle of the night. While everyone is sleeping the prayer is sung out for the whole earth, inviting all the peoples to return to the basics of life and praise God.
The middle of the night….quiet, peaceful—a good time for prayer…for you too, if you find yourself awake for awhile at that time. It’s soon to be the middle of the season when nights are much longer than days—winter. It’s in this setting that we celebrate Advent—the season to become awakened to God and God’s love in our lives.
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