August 27, 2026
When Prayer Refuses to Flatter Us
An ancient prayer from Liturgy of St. Mark for mercy, love, holiness.
Some prayers do not decorate the soul. They undress it. That is part of their kindness.
Christian memory is not a scrapbook. It is a school. This is one of the lessons.
Source boundary: this post reflects on A Morning Prayer, attributed in the corpus to Old Gallican Sacramentary. No outside sources used.