Prayer of the Week

'Mid All the Traffic of the Ways

'Mid all the traffic of the ways,
turmoils without, within,
Make in my heart a quiet place,
and come and dwell within;
A little shrine of quietness,
all sacred to thy-self,
Where thou shalt all my soul possess,
and I may find myself;
A little shelter from life's stress,
where I may lay me prone,
And bare my soul in loneliness,
and know as I am known;
A little place of mystic grace,
of ego and sin swept bare,
Where I may look upon they face,
and talk with thee in prayer.

– John Oxenham

See also the previous Wild Reed posts:
• Intimate Soliloquies
• The Source is Within You
• The Soul Within the Soul
• Quote of the Day – November 16, 2011
• Michael Morwood on the Divine Presence
• The Harvest Within the Heart
• There Must Be Balance
• May Balance and Harmony Be Your Aim
• Richard J. Foster on Prayer
• Karl Rahner on the Need for Prayer
• Prayer and the Experience of God in an Ever-Unfolding Universe
• The Most Sacred and Simple Mystery of All

Image: Subject and photographer unknown.