Come to Stillness: Take a few minutes to allow your mind and heart to
be still before God.
Opening Prayer: Here, Lord, I abandon myself to you. I have tried in every way I could think of to
manage myself, and to make myself what I know I ought to be, but have always
failed. Now I give it up to you. Do take entire possession of me. Work in me all the good pleasure of your
will. Mold and fashion me into such a
vessel as seems good to you. I leave
myself in your hands. Amen. (The
Christian’s Secret of a Happy Life by Hannah Whitall Smith)
Scripture for the Day: Revelation 1:9-18
Reading for Reflection:
The surest sign that we
have received a spiritual understanding of God's love for us is the
appreciation of our own poverty in light of His infinite mercy. (Thoughts
in Solitude by Thomas Merton)
Reflection and Listening: silent and written
Prayer: for the church, for others, for myself
Prayer: for the church, for others, for myself
Closing Prayer: You alone, Almighty God, bring order to the
unruly wills and affections of sinners; may we love what you command, and
desire what you promise, we pray, so that, among the swift and varied changes
of this world, our hearts may be fixed where true love may be found. In the name of the one who lives and reigns
with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and forever. Amen. (Daily Prayer by Robert Benson)
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