Peace
What robs us of our peace?
We can spend our time worrying about possible problems.
We can be fearful of something in our life that we are trying to hide from others.
We can live with a troubled conscience.
Much of what robs us of our peace is of our own making. We worry and fret about so many things. Trust that all will be well. Be open, be honest, be fearless.
Today’s Prayer
Preparation: Begin by stilling; then dedicating the time of prayer to God and asking God that all you think, feel and imagine are for the glory of God.
Gift: Ask for what you desire. Suggestion: To know Jesus more clearly, love him more dearly, and follow him more nearly.
Setting: This passage may be pondered in words or phrases – lectio divina. Or you might imagine you are being sent out by Jesus, either in our world today or even in Jesus’ period. Your first words upon entering any house is ‘shalom‘, peace. – Imaginative contemplation
Scripture
Luke 10:1-7
After this the Lord appointed seventy-two others and sent them two by two ahead of him to every town and place where he was about to go.
He told them, ‘The harvest is plentiful, but the workers are few.
Ask the Lord of the harvest, therefore, to send out workers into his harvest field.
Go! I am sending you out like lambs among wolves.
Do not take a purse or bag or sandals; and do not greet anyone on the road.
‘When you enter a house, first say, “Peace to this house.”
If someone who promotes peace is there, your peace will rest on them; if not, it will return to you.
Conversation: As the prayer time comes to an end, talk to Jesus in your own words as a friend
Final Prayer: End with a formal prayer such as the Lord’s Prayer/Our Father.