Kyrie Eleison

Tonight I sent in my first attempt at revising my dissertation. It's so hard to predict what will happen next; all I can do at this point is pray and hope I didn't screw too much of it up. It's been a long process and the long version narrative is forthcoming. For now, I'm just pleased to have reached the next milepost. All I can say right now is that my husband is a saint and my employer is incredibly understanding.

I celebrated by following my planned spiritual practice for the day. I've found a wonderful iTunes version of the Daily Office. Since today is Sunday there is only Evening Prayer and Night Prayer. Other days of the week offer an Invitatory Psalm, Daily Prayer and a Daytime Prayer as well as an Office of Readings. The days when I'll be able to listen to all of the podcasts will be few if any. However, if I can manage two or three a day, or even one, I will be pleased. It's a Roman Catholic production, so certain details are different (ok, it was way too Mary-centric for my tastes yesterday) but 1) it's a wonderful resource 2) the music is absolutely first rate and 3) how much easier could it be?

Tomorrow morning will be a challenge - I plan on getting up at the regular weekday time and putting in a full day at the office. We've been pretty lazy over the past couple of weeks about the whole morning routine thing (understatement) so it's going to be a rough start. But I'm rather looking forward to it. Morning Prayer!