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BMPS: RB72A Blessed Movements Prayer Session for Chapter 72 (The Good Zeal of Monks) of the Rule of St Benedict’s

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BMPS is Blessed Movements Prayer Session*. It is a sequence of slow meditative movements and gestures thatmore or less relate to the spoken prayer. BMPS enables the pray-er tofeel, to sense, the essence of prayer, which is, union with God. It is a holistic prayer session which involves everything you’ve got: your physical, mental, emotional, and spiritual selves. Prayer, therefore, is defined here as being with the Divine, in body, heart, and soul. *designed and illustrated by Roy DeLeon, Oblate of St Benedict blessedmovements@yahoo.com Copyright 2012

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Acknowledging the Divine PresenceO most Holy One,

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Fighting Pushing fists God/Love away hellJust as there is a wicked zeal of bitterness, which separates us from Thee and leads to hell,

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Palms …pushing …pointing Oh Joy!on evil away to Godheart within so there is a good zeal, which separates us from evil and leads to Thee and everlasting life.

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Palms on heart Grant us, then, the good zealwhich we must foster with fervent love:

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Palms Offering on the heart heart to the other Teach each of us to tryto be the first to show respect to the other (Rom 12:10),

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Palms ‘of ‘or Patience ofon body’ behavior’ the sufferingheart Jesus supporting one anothers weaknesses of body or behavior, with the greatest patience

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Palms Palms facing on forward ready belly to serve and earnestly competingin obedience to one another.

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Palms …pushing …bringingon away hands backheart selfishness to heart Help us not to pursue what we judge better for ourselves,

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Palms …offering on goodness heart to the otherbut instead, what we judge better for someone else.

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Step to right, …offering palms on pure love heart To our fellow oblates,let us show pure love of brothers and sisters;

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Looking up, Bow down in palms on reverence heart To you, O God,loving respect and deep obedience;

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Step to left, Offeringpalms on genuine andheart humble love To our abbot/director,genuine and humble love.

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Sense Jesus in you and around you Let us prefer nothingwhatever to your Son, Jesus Christ,

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Palms on …then to …Oh joy!the belly the heart and bring us all together to everlasting life.

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Deo GratiasAmen.