Pause for Prayer: TUESDAY 3/7

Lent is often imaged as a journey

    from Ash Wednesday to Easter Sunday 

    from sin to grace,

    from dying to rising...

 

In my homily on Sunday I spoke of Lent

    as our going on a hike with Jesus...

 

Well then, with what shall we fill  our backpacks

    in preparation for this spiritual trek

and just as important

    - what shall we leave behind?

 

This year, on my Lenten journey…

 

I’ll fill my pack with gratitude 

    and leave my discontent behind...

 

I’ll pad my pack with patience

    and leave my anger far behind...

 

I’ll stuff my pack with pardon

    and leave my bitterness behind...

 

I’ll feed my pack with compassion 

    and leave behind my self-concern...

I’ll fill stuff my pack with hope                                         

    and leave discouragement behind... 

 

I’ll load my pack with commitment                         

    and leave my laziness behind... 

 

I’ll jam my pack with acceptance                     

    and leave behind all my complaining... 

 

I’ll throw in heaps of wholesomeness 

    and leave behind my lusty thoughts... 

 

I’ll fill my pack with a kindly spirit 

    and leave resentment far behind... 

 

I’ll cram my pack with honest work                            

    and leave behind my wasting time... 

 

I’ll fill out my pack with simple joys                             

    and leave self-pity to the past... 

 

I’ll pour in all the trust I have                                      

    and leave suspicious thoughts behind... 

 

I’ll fill my pack with quiet prayer                            

    and leave behind my idle talk... 

 

I’ll fill my pack with _______________________

and leave behind _________________________

 

I’ll fill my pack with Jesus’ mercy 

    and leave behind my sin and shame...

 

Amen.

 

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