Prepping Up My Autobiography

Today's post is going to be a short one because I've been working on my spiritual autobiography. It's a job I've put off for decades because I'd confused spiritual autobiography with confessional writing. Well, who really wants to write out a life baring confession? Not I.

So, it's been on my mind today. Also, my list of people to pray for is starting to grow. One way that seems to be working is to recall their names several times a day. Sure, a specific outcome is wished, but when it comes to lifting them in prayer it doesn't seem wise to tell God what that outcome ought to be.

Like I said, a short post. Today I end with the Salve Regina

Hail, holy Queen, Mother of mercy,
hail, our life, our sweetness, and our hope!
To thee do we cry, poor banished children of Eve,
to thee do we send up our sighs,
mourning and weeping in this vale of tears.
Turn then, most gracious advocate,
thine eyes of mercy towards us;
and after this our exile,
shew unto us the blessed fruit of thy womb, Jesus.
O clement, O loving, O sweet Virgin Mary.