Dt. 34:1-12; Psalm 66: 1-8, 16-17; Mt 18:15-20

souls on fire
we are
formed together
in community
we hear
the call
of divine love
and respond
bringing all
to God
for reconciliation
knowing
God is always
in our midst
leading us home

Do you hear the call of divine love?
Do God call you into community?

Dt 31:1-8; Dt 32:3-4,7-12; Matthew 18:1-5,10,12-14

child of God
we see
our precious life
and taste
God’s precious word
we speak
the love
that has been shared
with us
to all
that can hear
lost
we are found
and led
to a promised land
of wonder
we see heaven
among us
in all things
waiting

Do you see with the eyes of wonder?

Memorial of Saint Jane de Chantal

Proverb 31:10-13, 19-20, 30-31; Psalm 131: 2,3; Mark 3:31-35

my soul
stilled
and quiet
I find my peace
in God
comforted
and held
in God’s word
all I do
flows from
this source of being
each step
upon the earth
in time
echoes the love
of heaven
seeing in each heart
a brother
a sister
a friend
that only the stilled soul
can see
beyond the chaos
beyond the strife
the weaver spins
in our soul

How do you find God’s peace?

Wisdom 18: 6-9; Psalm 33: 1, 12, 18-22, Hebrews 11: 1-2, 8-19

like Sara and Abraham
not knowing
where we are going
we put our hope
our trust
and faith
in God
where our salvation
and new life
resides
lamps burning
we are
ever ready
to follow
our hearts home
to God
our never-failing
treasure
that no thief
can steal
we tend
ceaselessly to
what has been
given
with joy

Do we live by our faith in God?
Are we always ready for God’s grace?
Do we feel God’s eyes and love upon us?

Feast of St. Lawrence
2Cor 9:6-10; Psalm 112:1-9; John 12:24-26

generously
we sow
the seed
given
dying
as a grain
of wheat
to an old life
to be born
again
into
a new life
where
the light
of His glory
shines
and we follow
a way
we know
as Truth
built
on the
steadfast heart
of His love

Do you sow your seed generously?

Dt. 4:32-40; Psalm 77:12-21; Matthew 16:24-28

from the midst
of fire
the white heat
of His voice
calls us
to remember
who we are
in God’s wonder
and power
and fix it
in our hearts
to follow
the one
who will
lead us
and our children
home to peace

Have you heard His voice in the midst of fire?

Matthew 16:13

Jesus asks
“Who do you say I am?”

Who do you say He is?

Numbers 13:1-2,25-14:1,26-29,34-35; Psalm 106:6-7,13-14,21-23;
Matthew 15:21-28

persistent
in our faith
we go
to the One
who heals
bringing
all our hopes
and fears
and prayers
believing
in the power
that saves
not accepting any rebuke
we ask
and receive

Are you persistent in your faith?
Where do you go for healing?

The Feast of the Transfiguration
Dn 7:9-10,13-14; Psalm 97:1-2,5-6,9; 2Peter 1:16-19; Mark 9:2-10

as the day
dawns
and the
morning star
rises
in our hearts
we see
the light
of who
we are
one
with Him
in God’s glory
a gift
of awe and wonder
of a love and power
beyond
our imagining
that no word
or thought
can capture

Do you see the transforming light?

Numbers 11:4-15; Psalm 81:12-17; Matthew 14:13-21

burdened
by the lost
and the wandering
and by those
who lacked trust
in their
hardened hearts
he cries out
to God
and one is sent
to show them
they have
enough
among them
in hearts that open
to give
the gifts
they have received
sharing
from God’s love
and peace

Has he opened your heart to share?