Monday morning: I busily jot down the many tasks on my To Do
list, then slip into the prayer window to start with the most important.
Within minutes, I sense a challenge: rather than
prioritising a To Do list, I should prioritise a To Be list. Specifically, I
sensed the two attributes I should work on today are gentleness and kindness.
‘Martha, Martha,’ Jesus gently admonished the busy sister.
Speaking up on her meditative sister’s behalf, he continued, ‘Mary has chosen
the better way.’
Must it be just one way or the other?
This morning’s Lectio focused on St Patrick, and
specifically the way that he prayed constantly even as a slave, out on the
hills with his captor’s sheep. He wasn’t cloistered or prone, but was praying
while he worked.
May a hum of prayer undergird all my work today, lifting and
keeping me near Jesus all day. May my To Do list be accomplished while I focus
on my To Be list today, with the help of the Holy Spirit!
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