I
am getting very curious about all the ways that God is with us and working in
us and in our world during these difficult days. We know that God is with us, God is suffering
with us, and I believe that God is working all over the world.
I’ve
seen some good news about ways that people are helping one another. A lot of
companies are working to find treatments and cures, while other companies are changing
what they make. Fashion companies are
making protective gear for health care workers, distilleries are making hand
sanitizer. People are finding many ways
to help one another get what they need. Teachers are learning new ways to
educate their students. Many people are
learning new ways to live at a distance and still be happy.
None
of this means that this is not hard, or that it will stop being hard soon. But I do need to hear good news even on days
when there is a lot of hard news. So I give God thanks and praise for many
blessings, even some we don’t know about yet.
I believe we will look back on this time and see how God is healing,
creating, and blessing us.
Nancy
Waldo, St. Mary’s Woods
Prayer of Thomas Merton: My Lord God, I have no idea where I am going. I do not see the road ahead of me. I cannot
know for certain where it will end. Nor do I really know myself, and the fact that I think that I am following your will does not mean that I am actually
doing so. But I believe that the desire to please you does in fact please you. And I hope I have that desire in all that I am
doing. I hope that I will never do anything apart from that desire. And I know that if I do this, you will lead me
by the right road though I may know nothing about it. Therefore will I trust
you always though I may seem to be lost and in the shadow of death. I will not
fear, for you are ever with me, and you will never leave me to face my perils
alone. Amen.
Prayer
Suggestion:
As you continue to pray for protection and health for yourself and your family
members, add a prayer today for those who are unable to understand what is
happening, like young children and people with intellectual disabilities and
people who do not understand English.
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