Sunday-Ps.105 selections are today’s psalm.It seeks the face of God in creation and in the covenant pledge God made with us. how would you define seeking the face of God? What is our impulse for seeking the face of God? To what degree t do we encounter the face of God in others in Jesus Christ? What do we do that makes god wish to turn the divine face from us?
Monday-May the love of life fill our hearts. May the love of earth bring joy to heaven.May the love of self.deepen our souls. May the love of neighbour heal our world. As nations, as peoples, as families this day may the love of life heal our world. -from Praying with the Earth: A Prayerbook for Peace
Tuesday-Savior teach me the silence of humility, the silence of wisdom, the silence of love, the silence of perfection, the silence that speaks without words, the silence of faith. Lord, teach me to silence my own heart that I may listen to the gentle movement of the Holy Spirit within me and sense the depths which are of God.
Wednesday-”What does love look like? It has the hands to help others. It has the feet to hasten to the poor and needy. It has eyes to see misery and want. It has the ears to hear the sighs and sorrows of men. That is what love looks like.” Saint Augustine
Thursday-From Hauerwas memoir, Hannah’s Child. “”Learning how to say God is hard but good work,..because the training necessary forces us to be honest with the way things are. Our lives are but a flicker. We fear ourselves and each other...it helps us imagine to live in a world we do not control.”
Friday-The ISIS(L) group is pushing me to reconsider my thoughts on non-violence. the worst part of me want revenge against their cruelty. At bottom, I want them stopped. With Augustine, i have a difficult time not justifying defense for the innocent.Even If I were to adopt a personal pacifist posture, I don’t yet see how I could claim the right to endanger someone else if I could stop an assault.
Saturday-O God of life,who chooses creation over chaos/ and new beginnings over emptiness,/we bring to you the disorder of our nations and world and the emptiness of our lives and relationships. Bless us and the nations with the grace of creativity. Bless us and all people with the hope of new beginnings. John Philip Newell, Celtic Treasure:
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