Daily Devotional: January 15th

Daily Prayer XVIII

Apollo, radiant lord of light and truth,
Divine healer and revealer of the eternal Logos.
You who shine with the brilliance of the sun,
Illumine our minds and purify our hearts.

Bearer of the golden lyre, you harmonize the cosmos,
Bringing order to chaos, beauty to creation.
With your arrows of light, you dispel the shadows,
Guiding us to the path of wisdom and virtue.

O great physician of soul and body,
Heal our wounds and restore our strength.
Lead us to the clarity of truth,
That we may walk in the light of the divine.

May your light ever guide us,
And your wisdom draw us closer to the eternal harmony.

Daily Meditation

"When Thales was asked, "what is the most ancient of all existing things? God; for God is unborn"

When Socrates was asked, "what is God?" He said, "what is undying and eternal"

When Hermes was asked, "What is God?" he said, "The Craftsman of the universe, a Consciousness most wise and eternal.""

—Stobaeus

Anthology I.I.29a

Monthly Ascesis: Praying for Virtue

“Ask from God those things that you cannot receive from man.”

-Sextus

“In the Pythagorean sentences, we are also advised not to pray for things that we can do for ourselves. For example, we should not pray for money or material goods because these are things we can work to gain by ourselves. Rather, the things we should ask the gods for are things that are, like them, immaterial and perfect. The best things for us to ask the gods for are virtues.

When we pray, we should ask the gods to show us the way to immaterial things that are aligned with their perfect nature. Cardinal virtues like prudence, courage, justice, and temperance are great starting points. But any virtue is worthy of our prayers of petition.”

Excerpt from Ascesis: The Handbook of Platonic Practice

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