Today I will meditate on what this short prayer means …
Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit,
As it was in the beginning, is now and ever shall be, world without end.
As it was in the beginning, is now and ever shall be, world without end.
In my mind, “world without end” speaks to me directly. It means that my world, which I only see a part of, will never end … I mean that my soul will live on. For me that is the promise of this prayer.
When I think of “as it was at the beginning”, I see God forming me … my person, my soul. I see my birth in a whole new way. I can take the prayer personally rather than as a prayer that is generic or that applies to the Genesis story. It is about me too … it is my world that is without end.
So many people see death as the end, but those of us with true faith know we are destined to live on, even in death. For us, heaven is not a figment of our imagination. It is real and abiding … it is there waiting for us. It is our reason to live. We need not be afraid … so many people we have known have gone on, and so many people we love will join them. We are a few steps away ourselves … we just need to see that as a great and wondrous thing, not an innate fear we have.
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