Tuesday of the Twenty-seventh Week in Ordinary Time
Intention: For refugees, that through the world’s efforts, safety and peace and new promise for their futures will soon be theirs.
Today’s Gospel | Luke 10: 38-42
Jesus entered a village where a woman whose name was Martha welcomed him. She had a sister named Mary who sat beside the Lord at his feet listening to him speak. Martha, burdened with much serving, came to him and said, “Lord, do you not care that my sister has left me by myself to do the serving? Tell her to help me.”
The Lord said to her in reply, “Martha, Martha, you are anxious and worried about many things. There is need of only one thing. Mary has chosen the better part and it will not be taken from her.”
From the Meditation on Saint Bruno | Saint John Baptist de La Salle
Prayer draws down the grace of God and keeps temptation away; it is also by prayer that God becomes our strength against the devil. You need to use all these means to be strengthened in your state, because left to yourself, you are nothing but weakness. So take care not to neglect prayer, which is so necessary to maintain you in piety and to grow in it.
Prayer
Eternal Father, we live lives filled with things to do. It is easy to confuse our busy-ness for our purpose, when our tally of things matters more than our attention to the sacredness in our midst. In the quietness of prayer, slow us down. Calm our bodies, cleanse our hearts, and reassure our souls, so that in sitting at your feet, we may rest in you and find our way again. May a spirit of simplicity guide our time with others and our way of serving those who you have entrusted to our care. We ask this of you who lives and reigns with your Son and the Holy Spirit, one God, forever and ever. Amen.