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\n <\/p>\n

All my longings lie open before you, Lord:
\n      my sighing is not hidden from you.<\/div>\n
Psalm 38:9<\/a><\/div>\n

 <\/p>\n\n

A prayer<\/h3>\n

My God,
\nI pray that I may so know you and love you
\nthat I may rejoice in you.
\nAnd if I may not do so fully in this life,
\nlet me go steadily on
\nto the day when I come to fullness of life.
\nMeanwhile let my mind meditate on your eternal goodness,
\nlet my tongue speak of it,
\nlet my heart live it,
\nlet my soul hunger for it,
\nand my whole being desire it,
\nuntil I enter into your joy.
\n 
\nby St Anselm<\/strong> (1033-1109)
\nfrom The Book of a Thousand Prayers<\/a><\/em> by Angela Ashwin, #85
\n <\/p>\n

\n

From the blog<\/strong>
\nUnited by love<\/a>
\nNot deserted<\/a>
\nHoly moment beneath the stars<\/a>
\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

  All my longings lie open before you, Lord:       my sighing is not hidden from you. Psalm 38:9   A prayer My God, I pray that I may so know you and love you that I may rejoice in you. 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Take a moment to take it in - the setting,\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "prayer"","block_context":{"text":"prayer","link":"https:\/\/www.irenebom.com\/prayer_matters\/category\/prayer\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.irenebom.com\/prayer_matters\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/codrico_big_art_2026.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.irenebom.com\/prayer_matters\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/codrico_big_art_2026.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.irenebom.com\/prayer_matters\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/codrico_big_art_2026.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.irenebom.com\/prayer_matters\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/codrico_big_art_2026.jpg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":17153,"url":"https:\/\/www.irenebom.com\/prayer_matters\/2026\/05\/04\/in-the-school-of-prayer-with-the-spirit\/","url_meta":{"origin":12370,"position":5},"title":"In the school of prayer with the Spirit","author":"Irene Bom","date":"May 4, 2026","format":false,"excerpt":"Poetry of the People exhibition, World Museum Rotterdam \u00a0 Announcement I will be taking short a break, resuming weekly posts in a few weeks time. Meanwhile, here are some verses on praying in the Spirit for us to ponder in the run-up to Pentecost 2026, all from the J.B. Phillips\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "bible"","block_context":{"text":"bible","link":"https:\/\/www.irenebom.com\/prayer_matters\/category\/bible\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.irenebom.com\/prayer_matters\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/poetry_of_the_people.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.irenebom.com\/prayer_matters\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/poetry_of_the_people.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.irenebom.com\/prayer_matters\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/poetry_of_the_people.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.irenebom.com\/prayer_matters\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/poetry_of_the_people.jpg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x"},"classes":[]}],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","rttpg_featured_image_url":null,"rttpg_author":{"display_name":"Irene Bom","author_link":"https:\/\/www.irenebom.com\/prayer_matters\/author\/irenebom-com\/"},"rttpg_comment":0,"rttpg_category":"<a href=\"https:\/\/www.irenebom.com\/prayer_matters\/category\/bible\/\" rel=\"category tag\">bible<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.irenebom.com\/prayer_matters\/category\/prayer\/\" rel=\"category tag\">prayer<\/a>","rttpg_excerpt":"  All my longings lie open before you, Lord:       my sighing is not hidden from you. Psalm 38:9   A prayer My God, I pray that I may so know you and love you that I may rejoice in you. And if I may not do so fully in this life, let me go steadily…","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.irenebom.com\/prayer_matters\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12370","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.irenebom.com\/prayer_matters\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.irenebom.com\/prayer_matters\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.irenebom.com\/prayer_matters\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.irenebom.com\/prayer_matters\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12370"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.irenebom.com\/prayer_matters\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12370\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.irenebom.com\/prayer_matters\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12370"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.irenebom.com\/prayer_matters\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12370"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.irenebom.com\/prayer_matters\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12370"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}