an old prayer... for the coming year

a big part of my cycle of meditation follows the quiz rotation... so as we move on from galatians, ephesians, philippians, colossians, 1&2 timothy and philemon to luke (and as i have been preparing camp sermons), i've begun reading a commentary on the gospel to supplement the more important activities of actually reading, memorizing and meditating on the gospel...

well, today in my reading, there was a quote from "the 1662 prayer book" - an old prayer, but one that sums up what my prayer is for the upcoming year and our intimate relations with the gospel according to luke:

"Almighty God, who calledst luke the physician, whose praise is in the Gospel, to be an evangelist, and physician of the soul: may it please Thee that, by the wholesome medicines of the doctrine delivered by him, all the diseases of our souls may be healed through the merits of Thy Son Jesus Christ our Lord."

AMEN!