Opening Prayer: Lord, what are you doing in me today? Whatever it is, help me to be open and
receptive to it. Give me the grace to be
able to see you and hear you, for in your presence is the fullness of joy. Amen.
Scripture: 2 Timothy 1:1-14
Journal: What helps you to stay focused on the life God has
called you to live? What most often
distracts you from that? How do you deal
with those distractions?
Reflection:
Most of our conflicts and difficulties come from
trying to deal with the spiritual and practical aspects of our life separately
instead of realizing them as parts of a one whole. If our practical life is centered on our own
interests, cluttered up by possessions, distracted by ambitions, passions,
wants and worries, beset by a sense of our own rights and importance, or
anxieties for our own future, or longings for our own success, we need not
expect that our spiritual life will be a contrast to all this. The soul’s house is not built on such a
convenient plan: there are few soundproof partitions in it. Only when the conviction—not merely the
idea—that the demand of the Spirit, however inconvenient, comes first and IS
first, rules the whole of it, will those objectionable noises die down which
have a way of penetrating into the nicely furnished oratory, and drowning all the
quieter voices by their din. (The Spiritual Life by Evelyn Underhill)
Prayer
Closing Prayer: Lord, let me at least remain open to your
initiative; let me wait patiently and attentively for that hour when you will
come and break through all the walls I have erected. Teach me, O Lord, to pray. Amen. (A Cry for Mercy by Henri J. M.
Nouwen)
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