I believe that by holding the world in prayer, we are doing something. That’s not to say that we shouldn’t be writing letters, making cards, or offering donations – those things are important too. I hope we can see our prayer as our gift to the world, one of many ways we can continue to radiate God’s love into a world and time that desperately needs it.

Jesus presents a world in which God lives and moves in the hearts of everyone who believes, everyone who seeks a deeper knowledge of God. The truth can come from unexpected places.

Where do you see signs of life around you? How have you experienced new life stirring within you?

Over the last couple weeks I’ve discovered new depths of comfort and meaning in the Psalms, and their words have given me comfort. They’ve become like a mountain spring, a source of water of life-giving water when I feel spiritually dry. 

God doesn’t need us to be perfect, or to pretend like we are. All of the readings for today revolve around that theme.

Where have you received love from an unexpected place? How has the love you have shared or received impacted your relationship with God or other people?

The temptation to look backward is strong right now. I find myself looking back even just a couple weeks, to a point before self-isolation, social distancing, quarantining, and all the other ways of being that are suddenly present in our lives.