Come to Stillness: Take a few minutes to allow your mind and heart to
be still before God.
Opening Prayer: My God, since You are with me, and since it is
Your will that I should apply my mind to these outward things, I pray that You
will give me the grace to remain with You and keep company with You. But so that my work may be better, Lord, work
with me; receive my work and possess all my affections. (The Practice of
the Presence of God by Brother Lawrence)
Scripture Reading for the Day: Proverbs 4:20-5:2
Reading for Reflection:
Spiritual discernment
asks us to pay attention. We need to
attend to both what goes on around us and within us. Ideally, this attentiveness goes on much of
the time, a sort of low level, constant spiritual sifting of the data of our
experience. But there are times when
discernment becomes much more focused, when a crossroad is reached or a choice
called for. At times like these the
cumulative wisdom of tradition tells us to pay attention on many levels: to
consult scripture, to seek the advice of trusted advisors, to heed the sensus
fidelium (the collective sense of the faithful), to read widely and deeply
the best ancient and contemporary thinking, to pray, to attend to the prick of
conscience and to the yearnings and dreamings of our hearts, to watch, to wait,
to listen. (Passing Angels: The Arts of Spiritual Discernment by Wendy
M. Wright from Weavings November/December 1995)
Reflection and Listening: silent and written
Prayer: for the church, for others, for myself
Prayer: for the church, for others, for myself
Closing Prayer: Come!
Give us wisdom, give us light, deliver us, lead us, teach us how to
live. Save us. Amen. (Advent with Evelyn Underhill)
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