Today’s Reflection
We need God’s help. We cannot reach God by our effort. In the silence of contemplation we yearn for God’s loving presence and action.
—J. David Muyskens, Forty Days to a Closer Walk with God: The Practice of Centering Prayer
(Upper Room Books, 2006)
Today’s Question
Have you ever prayed without words? Perhaps you have simply sighed, cried, or even screamed in God’s presence. How will you pray without words today? Join the conversation.
Today’s Scripture
Likewise the Spirit helps us in our weakness, for we do not know how to pray as we ought, but that very Spirit intercedes with groanings too deep for words.
—Romans 8:26 (NRSVUE)
Prayer for the Week
Spirit of God, I long for you alone. Fill me with your gifts of love, joy, and peace so that I will be empty of the things of this world and full of your presence. Amen.
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Something More
Lectionary Readings
- 1 Samuel 16:1-13
- Psalm 23
- Ephesians 5:8-14
- John 9:1-41
Read the lectionary texts courtesy of Vanderbilt Divinity Library here.
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