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Opening Prayer: “He who has ears let him hear.”  Those are your words to us today Jesus.  Help us to be obedient to that call.  Amen.

Scripture: Matthew 13:9, 16-17, 43

Journal: How is your spiritual hearing these days?  Are you making time and space in your life to listen to God?  If not, why not?  What have God been telling you lately?  Spend some time just listening to God today.

Reflection: The ups and downs of our spiritual lives depend on our obedience—that is, our attentive listening—to the movements of the Spirit of God within us.  Without this listening our spiritual life eventually becomes subject to the windswept waves of our emotions. (Bread for the Journey by Henri J. M. Nouwen)

Prayer

Closing Prayer: Speak, O Lord, for your servant is listening.