Come to Stillness: Take a few minutes to allow your mind and
heart to be still before God.
Opening Prayer: Then run, faithful souls, happy and tireless,
keep up with your Beloved who marches with giant strides from one end of heaven
to the other. Nothing is hidden from His
eyes. He walks alike over the smallest
blade of grass, the tallest cedars, grains of sand or rocky mountains. Wherever you go He has gone before. Only follow Him and you will find Him
everywhere. (The Sacrament of the Present Moment by Jean-Pierre De
Caussade)
Scripture Reading for the Day: Mark 9:1-10
Reading for Reflection:
It is not enough that we
behave better; we must come to see reality differently. We must learn to see the depths of things,
not just reality at a superficial level.
This especially means we need to see the nonseparateness of the world
from God and the oneness of all reality in God: the Hidden Ground of Love in
all that is. Prayer is a kind of
corrective lens that does away with the distorted view of reality that, for
some mysterious reason, seems to be my normal vision, and enables me to see
what is as it really is. (Silence on Fire by William H. Shannon)
Reflection and Listening: silent and written
Prayer: for the church, for others, for myself
Prayer: for the church, for others, for myself
Closing Prayer: O living and eternal God, you are more ready to give than we to ask. Grant us a new vision of yourself, that seeing you as you are, we may desire you, and desiring you, may surrender our lives to you. We ask this through our Lord Jesus Christ your Son, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, One God forever and ever. Amen. (The Little Book of Hours)
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