Day 33

Today's Scripture is suitable to use with imaginative contemplation.

Stilling: Come into the presence of God and use a stilling exercise to quieten yourself.

Grace: Pray that in these unprecedented times we share with joy God's mission of loving the world.

Mathew 28:16-20 HCSB

The Great Commission

The 11 disciples traveled to Galilee, to the mountain where Jesus had directed them. When they saw Him, they worshiped,but some doubted. Then Jesus came near and said to them, “All authority has been given to Me in heaven and on earth. Go, therefore, and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, teaching them to observe everything I have commanded you. And remember, I am with you always, to the end of the age.”

Conversation: Have a talk with Jesus about what has struck you during this meditation, does it have implications for your life and the mission you are called to fulfill?

Finish with a final prayer such as the Lord's Prayer/Our Father

burn brighter:

in this uncertain age

a time when

our brothers and sisters

yearn for

peace and light

we are called

and stand ready

to do magis

to do more

than we did

before

burn

brighter my friends

- by Ray Angle

A Thought for Today

“Setting out is first of all letting go of oneself. Breaking through the shell of selfishness hardening us within our own ego. To stop revolving round oneself as if we were the centre of everything. Refusing to be ringed in by the problems of our own small world. However important these may be, humanity is more important and our task is to serve humanity…

Setting out is not covering miles of land or sea, or travelling faster than the speed of sound. It is first and foremost opening ourselves to other people, trying to get to know them, going out to meet them… It is possible to travel alone. But the good traveller knows that the journey is human life and life needs company. ‘Companion’ means the one who eats the same bread.”

Dom Helder Camara, The Desert is Fertile, p.14

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