BMPS is a series of slow meditative movements to go with the prayer words. It is praying in motion for those of us who find it hard to sit still in meditation. BMPS is created by Roy DeLeon, an Oblate of St Benedict at St Placid Priory in Lacey, Washington.

1. BMPS: RB72
A Blessed Movements Prayer Session for
Chapter 72 (The Good Zeal of Monks)
of the Rule of St Benedict’s

2. BMPS is Blessed Movements Prayer Session*.
It is a sequence of slow meditative movements and gestures that
more or less relate to the spoken prayer. BMPS enables the pray-er to
feel, 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

3. Acknowledging the
Divine Presence
O most Holy One,

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

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

6. Palms
on
heart
Grant us, then, the good zeal
which we must foster with fervent love:

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

8. Palms ‘of ‘or Patience of
on body’ behavior’ the suffering
heart Jesus
supporting one another's weaknesses
of body or behavior, with the greatest patience

9. Palms Palms facing
on forward ready
belly to serve
and earnestly competing
in obedience to one another.

10. Palms …pushing …bringing
on away hands back
heart selfishness to heart
Help us not to pursue
what we judge better for ourselves,

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

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

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

14. Step to left, Offering
palms on genuine and
heart humble love
To our abbot/director,
genuine and humble love.

15. Sense Jesus in
you and
around you
Let us prefer nothing
whatever to your Son, Jesus Christ,

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

17. Deo Gratias
Amen.