Come to Stillness: Take a few minutes to allow your mind and heart to
be still before God.
Opening Prayer: O
Christ Jesus, when all is darkness and we feel our weakness and helplessness,
give us the sense of your presence, your love, and your strength. Help us to have perfect trust in your
protecting love and strengthening power, so that nothing may frighten or worry
us, for, living close to you, we shall see your hand, your purpose, your will
through all things.
~St.
Ignatius
Scripture Reading for the Day: Philippians 4:4-9
Reading for Reflection:
And remember, there are
two things which are more utterly incompatible than even oil and water, and
these two are trust and worry…When a believer really trusts anything, he ceases
to worry about that thing which he has trusted.
And when he worries, it is plain proof that he does not trust. (The
Christian’s Secret of a Happy Life by Hannah Whitall Smith)
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 God, our Heavenly Father, help us to not
be consumed with the worries and anxieties of this life, but to give all of our
cares to you in prayer. Fix our hearts
and our minds on your character and your excellence; that your peace may guard
our hearts and our minds in Christ Jesus.
It is in his name that we lift up our prayers. Amen.
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