Contemplative at Home offers guided meditative prayer – space to slow down and listen to the truth that is being born out of God’s love for you today – drawing on Ignatian spirituality and at times, Lectio Divina.

In this episode, we pray with Psalm 91:

(1-6) Whoever dwells in the shelter of the Most High

will rest in the shadow of the Almighty.

I will say of the Lord, “He is my refuge and my fortress,

my God, in whom I trust.”

Surely he will save you

from the fowler’s snare

and from the deadly pestilence.

He will cover you with his feathers,

and under his wings you will find refuge;

his faithfulness will be your shield and rampart.

You will not fear the terror of night,

nor the arrow that flies by day,

nor the pestilence that stalks in the darkness,

nor the plague that destroys at midday.

(15-16)“Because you love me,” says the Lord, “I will rescue you;

I will protect you, for you acknowledge my name.

you will call on me, and I will answer you;

I will be with you in trouble,

I will deliver you and honor you.

With long life I will satisfy you

and show you my salvation.”

The language here evokes the image of a small creature who fears the fowler’s snare or the archer’s arrow. As we imagine ourselves being sheltered by a protective wing, we are reminded of our own small place in the created order of things. We are indeed, small creatures, finite yet prized in the hands of the Creator.

In verses 15-16 I have substituted the word ‘you’ for ‘he’ and ‘him’.

Every blessing as you pray.

All music by Pete Hatch. petehatch.com.