Come to Stillness: Take a few minutes to allow your mind and heart to
be still before God.
Opening Prayer: Saving God, you set your heart on us and made
us your own. May we listen with the ear
of our hearts to the many ways your Word and your love will be present to us
and formed in us this day. We ask this
through Jesus, the Word made flesh.
Amen. (The Work of God)
Scripture Reading for the Day: Psalm 119:1-16
Reading for Reflection:
My beginning advice to
you is this: Always read the Scriptures with a heart ready to repent. Receive the storm that repentance
brings. Let the holy winds toss you to
and fro. You will be awakened to new
depths as you wrestle with the life forces within. What seems like violence at first will lead
you gently into the eye of God where all is calm and quiet, like the eye of a
hurricane. When you finally surrender
and stop fighting the winds, you will be carried into the eye of God. There, you will rest in peace and learn to
see like God. It will be the great
harvest of contemplation—through the storm into the quiet. (A Tree Full
of Angels by Macrina Wiederkehr)
Reflection and Listening: silent and written
Prayer: for the church, for others, for myself
Prayer: for the church, for others, for myself
Closing Prayer: Oh how I love your law, O Lord! It is my meditation all the day. Your commandment makes me wiser than my enemies, for it is ever with me. I have more understanding than all my teachers, for your testimonies are my meditation. I understand more than the aged, for I keep your precepts. I hold back my feet from every evil way, in order to keep your word. I do not turn aside from your rules, for you have taught me. How sweet are your words to my taste, sweeter than honey to my mouth! Through your precepts I get understanding; therefore I hate every false way. Amen. (Psalm 119:97-104)
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