Today’s Reflection
Love is had only by loving. If you want love, you must begin by loving—I mean you must want to love. . . . And you will find it within your very self. How? When you recognize your nothingness.
—Catherine of Siena, edited by Keith Beasley-Topliffe, The Upper Room Spiritual Classics: Writings of Catherine of Siena (Upper Room Books, 2017)
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Today’s Question
How does recognizing your own faults and failures help you to love others more fully? Join the conversation.
Today’s Scripture
Therefore, just as your heavenly Father is complete in showing love to everyone, so also you must be complete.
—Matthew 5:48 (CEB)
Prayer for the Week
God of love, we are nothing without you. It is your graciousness that brings us into true life in God the Father. We pray that we can love you and love our neighbors with the same love you extend to us. Amen.
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Something More
Lectionary Readings
- Judges 4:1-7
- Psalm 123
- 1 Thessalonians 5:1-11
- Matthew 25:14-30
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