NIGHT PRAYER: Wednesday 9/1

I have more ways than I know, Lord,
of keeping myself from truths
that would challenge and change my life:
how I see it, how I live it, how I share it...

My prejudice and biases, 

mindsets and partialities shield me

from what I just don't want to see

or hear or learn or know...

I believe the truth will set me free
but in far too many ways
I keep the truth from seeping in
to change and shape my mind and heart...

Send your Spirit's fire and light,
to shine with burning truth
upon my mind's ideas and thoughts,
upon my heart's desires and passions...

Send your truth to set me free, Lord,
let your Spirit come with grace,
to challenge and to change the ways
I see my life and live it...

Disabuse me of the foolish thought

that I know more than all the rest,

that I have nothing left to learn,

that I know more than you, Lord...

 

Heal me of what blinds me

to the truth that's right before me,

to what challenges and calls me

to become more than I am...

 

Make me humble, Lord, in all the ways

I listen, speak and answer,

how I'm docile to your word and truth

and bend my will to yours...

 

Make me a worthy vessel

of your presence, grace and Spirit,

of your word, your truth and wisdom,

of all you pour into my heart...

 

Protect me, Lord, while I'm awake

and watch over me while I sleep

that awake, I might keep watch with you

and asleep, rest in your peace...

 

Amen. 

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Earthen Vessels by John Foley, S.J.

    performed by the Saint Louis Jesuits 

 

We hold a treasure
Not made of gold
In earthen vessels, wealth untold
One treasure only, the Lord, the Christ
In earthen vessels.

Light has shown in our darkness
God has shown in our hearts
With the light of the glory
Of Jesus the Lord.

He has chosen the lowly
Who are small in this world
In his weakness His Glory
In Jesus the Lord.

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