In the evening of life,
we will be judged on love alone...
- St. John of the Cross
If that is so of the end of our days, Lord,
might that not also be so of the end of every day?
In the evening of this day, Lord,
I will be judged on love alone...
How will you judge this day in my life, Lord?
What's your critique of how I spent the last 24 hours?
What does my day look like, through your eyes?
How did my thoughts mirror your love?
How did my words speak your love?
How did my deeds make present your love?
How did I love those I live with?
How did my imagination invite your love?
How did my generosity reflect your love?
How did my silence welcome your loving presence?
How did my prayer invite your love into my heart?
In the evening of this day, Lord,
I will be judged on love alone... Even if I spent most or all of this day alone, Lord,
even if I neither met nor spoke with anyone,
how loving were my thoughts of:
those who have hurt me?
those who disagree with me?
those who don't think well of me?
those who have forgotten me?
those who speak ill of me?
those whom I have hurt?
those whose stories
I neither know nor understand?
In the evening of this day, Lord,
I will be judged on love alone... How did I reach out in love to
those waiting to hear from me?
those who are sick?
those who are poor?
those with needs I might help with?
those I'm estranged from?
those who are alone?
In the evening of this day, Lord,
I will be judged on love alone... In every moment of every day and night, Lord,
you love me with mercy and forgiveness:
give me the grace to love others
as freely and as fully
as I am loved by you...
Protect me, Lord, while I'm awake
and watch over me when I sleep
that awake, I might keep watch with you
and asleep, rest in your loving peace...
Amen.
Love One Another by Newsboys
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