Lord Jesus, teach us how to be humbled. Teach us how to love like you, respecting others however lowly, poor and unattractive they are. Teach us to complete our tasks as you did, in unhuurried quietness of mind, not thinking we deserve something more exciting. Teach...
“Loving and tender providence of my God, into your hands I commend my spirit; to you I abandon my hopes and fears, my desires and dislikes, my temporal and eternal prospects. To you I commit the wants of my perishable body; to you I commit the more precious interests...
“My Lord God, I have no idea where I am going. I do not see the road ahead of me. I cannot know for certain where it will end. Nor do I really know myself, and the fact that I think I am following your will does not mean that I am actually doing so. But I believe that...
Just as our glands secrete things called hormones directly into the bloodstream, so our soul secretes things called prayer directly into the lifestream. O God, may these soul secretions be the test of everything. O God, may they be the source of everything. O God, may...
Lord, the word that I need to hear today, more than any other, is a word from you. It is your Word that I seek. It is your word that I need to hear. It is your word that I need to bear. May your Word be made flesh in me today. Amen....
“Lord, you emptied yourself of your eternal glory and took the form of a servant. Everything was made to serve and praise you, but you did not please yourself, you became servant of all. Lord of heaven and earth, you offered your cheeks to be struck, your back to be...
