Morning prayer from Sounds of the Eternal: A Celtic Psalter by John Philip Newell …

Early in the morning we seek your presence, O God,

not because you are ever absent from us

but because often we are absent from you

at thr heart of each moment

where you forever dwell.

In the rising sun,

in the unfolding colour and shape of the morning

open our eyes to the mystery of this moment

that in every moment

we may know your life-giving presence.

Open our eyes to this moment

that in every moment

we may know you as the One who is always now

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(Saturday morning opening prayer, pg. 74)