ordinary, day 2

Come to Stillness:
Take a few minutes to allow your mind and heart to be still before God

Opening Prayer:

i thank you God for most this amazing

day:  for the leaping greenly spirits of trees

and the blue true dream of a sky; and for everything

which is natural which is infinite which is yes…

(now the ears of my ears awake and

now the eyes of my eyes are opened)

                                    ~e. e. cummings

Psalm for the Week: Psalm 98

Scripture for the Day: John 2:1-11

Reflection:

     Pastoral work, I learned later, is the aspect of Christian ministry that specializes in the ordinary.  It is the nature of pastoral life to be attentive to, immersed in, and appreciative of the everyday texture of people’s lives—the buying and selling, the visiting and meeting, the going and coming. (The Contemplative Pastor by Eugene Peterson)

Prayer: for the church, for others, for myself

Closing Prayer:

Our Father, help us to see you today in all that we come into contact with, knowing that you use ordinary things to give us an extraordinary sense of your presence in our lives.  In the name of Jesus.  Amen. (JLB)