Thursday, April 21, 2005 Feast of Anselm, Abbot of Le Bec, Archbishop of Canterbury, Teacher, 1109
Jesus, as a mother you gather your people to you:you are gentle with us as a mother with her children;Often you weep over our sins and our pride:tenderly you draw us from hatred and judgment.You comfort us in sorrow and bind up our wounds:in sickness you nurse us,and with pure milk you feed us.Jesus, by your dying we are born to new life:by your anguish and labour we come forth in joy.Despair turns to hope through your sweet goodness:through your gentleness we find comfort in fear.Your warmth gives life to the dead:your touch makes sinners righteous.Lord Jesus, in your mercy heal us:in your love and tenderness remake us.In your compassion bring grace and forgiveness:for the beauty of heaven may your love prepare us.
... St. Anselm (1033-1109), The Oxford Guide to the Book of Common Prayer, Charles C. Hefling, Cynthia L. Shattuck, eds., Oxford University Press US, 2006, p. 457
(see the book; see also Luke 13:34; Col. 2:9-12; Heb. 7:19; more at Prayers)
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