Opening Prayer:
Dear Jesus,
Help us to spread your fragrance everywhere we go. Flood our souls with your Spirit and life. Penetrate and possess our whole being so utterly that our lives may only be a radiance of yours. Shine through us and so be in us that every soul we come I contact with may feel your presence in our soul. Let them look up and see no longer us but only You. Stay with us and then we shall begin to shine as you shine, so to shine as to be light to others. The light, O Jesus, will be all from you. None of it will be ours. It will be you shining on others through us. Let us thus praise you in the way you love best by shining on those around us. Amen. (The Daily Prayer of Mother Teresa)
Psalm for the Week: Psalm 145
Scripture for the Day: 2 Corinthians 5:11-21
Reading for Reflection:
God came to us because He wanted to join us on the road, to listen to our story, and to help us realize that we are not walking in circles but moving towards the house of peace and joy. This is the great mystery of Christmas that continues to give us comfort and consolation: we are not alone on our journey. The God of love who gave us life sent us His only Son to be with us at all times and in all places, so that we never have to feel lost in our struggles but always can trust that He walks with us. (Gracias! by Henri J.M. Nouwen)
The greatest news of all is that God is with His people, that He is truly present. What greater ministry, then, can be practiced than a ministry that reflects this divine presence? (Gracias! by Henri J.M. Nouwen)
Reflection and Listening: silent and written
Prayer: for the church, for others, for myself
Song for the Week: Be Thou My Vision
Prayer: for the church, for others, for myself
Song for the Week: Be Thou My Vision
Be Thou my vision, O Lord of my heart;
Naught be all else to me, save that thou art;
Thou my best thought, by day or by night,
Waking or sleeping, thy presence my light.
Be thou my wisdom, and thou my true Word;
I ever with thee and thou with me, Lord;
Thou my great Father, I thy true son,
Thou in me dwelling and I in thee one.
Riches I heed not, nor all empty praise;
Thou mine inheritance, now and always;
Thou and thou only, first in my heart,
High King of heaven, my treasure thou art.
High King of heaven, my victory won,
May I reach heaven’s joys, O bright heaven’s Sun!
Heart of my own heart, whatever befall,
Still be my vision, O Ruler of all.
Closing Prayer:
Almighty God, cause your good gifts to flow in and through my life and ministry this day and always. Amen. (A Guide to Prayer by Rueben P. Job and Norman Shawchuck)
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