Come to Stillness: Take a few minutes to allow your mind and heart to
be still before God.
Opening Prayer: I feel your love as you hold me to your sacred
heart, my beloved Jesus, my God, my Master, but I feel, too, the need I have of
your tenderness, and your caress because of my infinite weakness.
~Charles
de Foucauld
Scripture Reading for the Day: Zephaniah 3:14-20
Reading for Reflection:
The things we do are not proof
of our value, worth, or significance. They are not the measurements
by which we try to justify our existence.
Instead, the things we do are our expression of love to the God who
already loves us more than we dare ask or imagine. They are not
a resume. They do not earn us
anything. They simply say, "I love
you, too."
Therefore, God can say to us: “Stop measuring.
Stop earning. Stop comparing. Stop
performing. Your worth is not hanging in the balance. It does not
depend on everything you achieve, or on every accomplishment you attain.
So relax. Listen to my voice of love singing over you. Allow it to quiet your restless and insecure
soul. Live in the freedom of knowing you
are loved deeply and fully and completely...and eternally. Instead of
working so hard to prove yourself, just be in love—with Me.”
Reflection and Listening: silent and written
Prayer: for the church, for others, for myself
Prayer: for the church, for others, for myself
Closing Prayer: O Lover of My Soul, hold me in your arms
again. I’m back from the streets and the
darkened alleys and the cheap hotels. I
long for the love that only you can give.
I’m back and I need you again. (A Heart Exposed by Steven James)
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