Thursday, March 21Path to Eternal LifeJohn 8:51-59 On the Day I Die Oh loving God, let the day I die be familiar.Let me recall at least one dear memory.Let me be present with at least one person who loves me.Let me feel you with me, Sweet Jesus, my friend.Let me surrender all to you,as I […]
A Heart Journey Through Lent
March 20
Wednesday, March 20Jesus and AbrahamJohn 8:31-42 Discipline It’s a spiritual discipline,to nurture an open spirit…to pause and notice how a very particularcomponent of this world is loving you,what it is inviting you to learn,to grow, to receive that you may share,like absolute beauty and wonder,or kindness,or gentle affection.These opportunity moments are countless,yet to open to […]
March 19
Tuesday, March 19The Boy Jesus in the TempleLuke 2:41-51a Mother She wiped his toddler noseand held his handand told him stories as he sat on her lap,stories of the ancestors,ancient and recent,stories of her childhood.She expressed her joy and love and gratitudeto him through her actions and wordsand in her prayers.She delighted in the times […]
March 13, 2024
Wednesday, March 13The Work of the SonJohn 5:17-30 Nonetheless Quiet assurance is nonetheless quiet,silent, still,unaffected by me or whatever I may do (or not).God, you are so close, so ever-presentyet as distant as the stars,inescapable yet why would I everwant to move at all from you?To pray always evolves into a state of empty grace,so […]
March 12, 2024
Tuesday, March 12The Cure at BethesdaJohn 5:1-16 Too Courteous As children we learn to express empty gratitude.“Thank you” for this and “Thank you” for that,though it was rote, absent emotion and sincerity.So too with our prayers, full of dull obligation and shallow ritual.We need to grow up,to learn to kiss with an open mouth,to abandon […]