Daily Prayer Poetry Readings

Goodnight!
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You shall be secure, because there is hope;/ you shall look round you and lie down in safety. (Jb 11:18)

Good evening! We appropriately include, in tonight's evening prayer on St. Jereome's Memorial, this hymn about "the greatest book ever written", God's inspired word of sacred scriptures we call The Bible, and which St. Jerome made accesible to the ears of the then-Latin-speaking world with his translation (of both testaments) known as The Vulgate. With that said, we remember that Christianity is not a "religion of the book" (e.g. Islam, Judaism), but is a "religion of the Word" of God, not a written and mute one but incarnate and living. (cf CCC 108).
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"All Sacred Scripture is but one book, and this one book is Christ" (CCC 134)
"Ignorance of the Scriptures is ignorance of Christ." - St. Jerome

Good Morning! Today on the Church's calendar, we remember St. Jerome, born in 342 AD and died in 420 AD. He is recognized as a Doctor of the Church for his teaching, and is best known for his incredible devotional feat of translating the entirety of the Scriptures into the common Latin of the day, a translation known as The Vulgate, along with many commentaries on Scripture and rebuking of heresies.
"I beg of you, dear brother,” he wrote to a friend, “to live among these books, to meditate upon them, to know nothing else, to seek nothing else. Does not such a life seem to you a foretaste of heaven here on earth?"
-St Jerome
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You have been acquainted with the sacred writings which are able to instruct you for salvation through faith in Christ Jesus. All scripture is inspired by God and[a] profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for training in righteousness, that the man of God may be complete, equipped for every good work. (2 Tm 3:15-17)

Goodnight!
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On my bed I remember you./ On you I muse through the night. (Ps 63:7)

We close out our Feast Day for the archangels (Saints Michael, Gabriel, and Raphael) with this hymn in their honor.
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Suddenly there was a multitude of the heavenly host with the angel, praising God and saying: “Glory to God in the highest/ and on earth peace.” (Lk 2:13-14)

Good Morning! Today is a Feast Day of the Church, celebrating the Great Archangels Michael, Gabriel, and Raphael-- God's powerful envoys in our world. Call on them! This morning's short hymn does just that, with an intro verse and one verse calling on each of them individually for their intercession and protection.
St Michael: Name means "one who is like God". Leader of the heavenly armies in the war against evil (see Rev. 12:7-9)
St Gabriel: Name means "God is my strength." Message bearer of the gospel (see Luke 1:27-28)
St Raphael: Name means "God is my health.' Companion and healer (see Tobit 12:15)
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Exult with him, you heavens,/ glorify him, all you angels of God.
(Dt 32:43)

Goodnight!
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I will lie down in peace and sleep comes at once; for you alone, Lord, make me dwell in safety. (Ps 4:8)

Good evening and praise God for the beauty of the earth!
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O Lord, I love the house where you dwell,/ the place where your glory abides. (Ps 26:8)

Good Morning to all!
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O God, thou art my God, I seek thee,
my soul thirsts for thee;
my flesh faints for thee,
as in a dry and weary land where no water is. (Ps 63:1)

Goodnight!
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Come to me, all you who labor and are burdened, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you and learn from me, for I am meek and humble of heart; and you will find rest for yourselves. (Mt 11:28-29)

We conclude today's Memorial for St. Vincent de Paul with this mid-19th century hymn honoring him.
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Did not God choose those who are poor in the world to be rich in faith and heirs of the kingdom that he promised to those who love him? (Jas 2:5)

Goodnight!
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I came into the world as light, so that everyone who believes in me might not remain in darkness. (Jn 12:46)

Good Morning and may God bless our week ahead and make it fruitful in every way.
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[Happy indeed is the man] whose delight is the law of the Lord
and who ponders his law day and night.
He is like a tree that is planted
beside the flowing waters,
that yields its fruit in due season
and whose leaves shall never fade;
and all that he does shall prosper. (Ps 1:2-3)

Goodnight!
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Keep sound wisdom and discretion;
let them not escape from your sight.
When you lie down, your sleep will be sweet. (Prv 21,24b)

Good evening!
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He who trusts in his riches will fall,/ but like green leaves the just flourish.(Prv 11:28)

Good Morning!
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Most blessed are you among women, and blessed is the fruit of your womb. (Lk 1:42)

Goodnight!
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Protect us, Lord, as we stay awake; watch over us as we sleep, that awake, we may keep watch with Christ, and asleep, rest in his peace.

Good evening! Our hymn for evening prayer, imploring us to stand firm in Christ against the temptations of Satan, comes to us originally from St. Andrew of Crete some 1500 years ago!
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Repent, therefore, and be converted, that your sins may be wiped away. (Acts 3:19)

Good morning! This morning's hymn, on the Memorial of Saint Pius of Pietrelcina (aka Padre Pio) who imitated Christ so profoundly in his way of life, is an oldie but goodie by prolific English hymn-writer (and minister and theologian) Isaac Watts: When I Survey the Wondrous Cross. This hymn is perfect for today's feast, as its title suggests the reflection which informed every facet of Saint Padre Pio's vocation.
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“It is under the cross that one learns to love.” -Saint Pius of Pietrelcina (1887-1968)

Goodnight!
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Into your hands I commend my spirit./ It is you who will redeem me, Lord. (Ps 31:6)

Good evening!
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By faith they crossed the Red Sea as if it were dry land. (Heb 11:29)
Reflection on Psalm 77 in Magnificat, September 2022, p. 322:
We dwell in wonder before the paradox of God. The all-holy,
all-powerful God of mystery and might came down to be with his
people enslaved in Egypt and to lead them personally to freedom
through the sea. Far more amazing still, this same God came to take
our very flesh to lead us through death to life.

Good Morning!
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Whoever exalts himself will be humbled. (Mt 23:12)

Goodnight!
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Let the peace of Christ control your hearts, the peace into which you were also called in one body. And be thankful. (Col 3:15)

Good evening! In our evening prayer tonight, we close our Feast of Saint Matthew the Apostle (and Gospel writer) with this 19th century hymn about him, from William Bright.