A Prayer from Les Misérables
by Stephen Spence
I am excited about the Boxing Day release of the new mega-musical film version of Les Misérables. (Who isn’t!) So I thought I should read Victor Hugo’s orignal book in preparation for seeing the film. In it I came across this prayer/meditation by the saintly Monseigneur Myriel. (Being Catholic, the Monseigneur makes use of the deuterocanonical texts as well.)
I thought it was worth praying and sharing…
Oh, you who are!
Ecclesiastes calls you the All-powerful;
the Maccabees call you the Creator;
the Epistle to the Ephesians calls you liberty;
Baruch calls you Immensity;
the Psalms call you Wisdom and Truth;
John calls you Light;
the Books of Kings call you Lord;
Exodus calls you Providence;
Leviticus, Sanctity;
Esdras, Justice;
the creation calls you God;
man calls you Father;
but Solomon calls you Compassion, and that is the most beautiful of all your names.
Amen.
thanks stephen, i’m excited for the movie too and now armed with that prayer it’ll get a mention in church on sunday too.