Sunday 23rd November - Office

 Maybe the nearest I have to a home office is the shambles that it my side of the dining room table...

But, this Sunday evening, it's not that kind of office I was thinking about.

Monasteries and Convents and Priests and many Lay People are familiar with idea of the Daily Office, sets of prayers said at set times of the day. Members of the various Christian communities and organisations often commit to praying, using the given forms and scripture readings that their community prescribes.

 If you have read Rev Richard Cole's books, or watched 'Murder at Evensong', you might remember that the priest, Canon Clements, always says the service of morning prayer in the church.

Here's the AI overview;

Over the decades I've used many different daily prayer books and study guides, and various apps on my phone. My problem is that I just don't  like to stick to any one for any length of time.

Now I'm in between... I've finished taking a couple of weeks thinking about The Lords Prayer 

Yes, I  really did read the Ladybird children's book, and the simple prayers inside

looking at all the pictures, drawn in the 1980s 

For now I shall choose a short poem for each day, and see where that leads me, as my daily office for the rest of November. 

Dreams

Hold fast to dreams

For if dreams die

Life is a broken-winged bird

That cannot fly.

Hold fast to dreams

For when dreams go

Life is a barren field

Frozen with snow.

by Langston Hughes

From poemhunter

I think replacing the word 'dreams' with 'hope' might make it less of a poem, but more of  prayer.

('Office' is in my November scavenger hunt)

Prelude in A minor op 11 no 2