July 23, 2026
The Mercy of Older Words
An ancient prayer from Apostolic Constitutions for peace, light, love.
There is a kind of spiritual speech that sounds antique only because we have become so modern in our evasions. The older authors still know how to ask plainly.
The old words are not museum pieces. They are tools with worn handles. Pick them up.
Source boundary: this post reflects on An Evening Prayer, attributed in the corpus to Apostolic Constitutions. No outside sources used.