Come to Stillness: Take a few minutes to allow your mind and heart to
be still before God.
Opening Prayer: Late have I loved you, O Beauty, so ancient
and so new, late have I loved you! And
behold, you were within me and I was outside, and there I sought for you, and
in my deformity I rushed headlong into the well-formed things that you have
made. You were with me, and I was not
with you.
~St.
Augustine
Scripture Reading for the Day: Colossians 2:1-7
Reading for Reflection:
Philosopher William James
said: "In some people religion exists as a dull habit, in others as an
acute fever." Jesus did not endure
the shame of the cross to hand on a dull habit.
If you don't have the fever, dear reader, a passion for God and His
Christ, drop to your knees, and beg for it; turn to the God you half-believe in
and cry out for His baptism of fire. (The Signature of Jesus by
Brennan Manning)
Reflection and Listening: silent and written
Prayer: for the church, for others, for myself
Prayer: for the church, for others, for myself
Closing Prayer: My Lord God, I have no idea where I am going. I do not see the road ahead of me. I cannot know for certain where it will end. Nor do I really know myself, and the fact that I think that I am following your will does not mean that I am actually doing so. But I believe that the desire to please you does in fact please you. And I hope I have that desire in all that I am doing. I hope that I will never do anything apart from that desire. And I know that if I do this you will lead me by the right road though I may know nothing about it. Therefore will I trust you always though I may seem lost and in the shadow of death. I will not fear, for you are ever with me, and you will never leave me to face my perils alone. (Thoughts in Solitude by Thomas Merton)
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