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 ever ancient,
ever new, late have I loved you! You were within me, but I was outside,
and it was there that I searched for you. In my unloveliness I plunged
into the lovely things which you created. You were with me, but I was not
with you. Created things kept me from you; yet if they had not been in
you they would not have been at all. You called, you shouted, and you broke
through my deafness. You flashed, you shone, and you dispelled my
blindness. You breathed your fragrance on me; I drew in breath and now I
pant for you. I have tasted you, now I hunger and thirst for more.
You touched me, and I burned for your peace. (The Confessions of St.
Augustine)
Scripture Reading for the Day: Judges 6:7-24
Reading for Reflection:
Our mundane experiences
contain all the stuff of holiness and of human growth in grace. Our world is rife with messages and
signatures of the Spirit. Our encounters
with one another are potential sites of awakening and energizing that
characterize the Spirit. But so much
goes unnoticed. We fail to recognize the
light that shines through all the chinks and the dusty panes of our daily
lives. We are too busy to name the event
that is blessed in its ordinariness, holy in its uniqueness, and grace-filled
in its underlying challenge. (Every Bush Is Burning by Joan Puls)
Reflection and Listening: silent and written
Prayer: for the church, for others, for myself
Prayer: for the church, for others, for myself
Closing Prayer: Be still before the Lord and wait patiently
for him.
Be still before
the Lord and wait patiently…
Be still
before the Lord and wait…
Be still before
the Lord…
Be still…
Be…
Psalm 37:7
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