Prayers
With prayer as the center of our lives, we serve in simplicity and joy.
Daily we pray both alone and together.
Coming before God in solitude, we listen and respond to the Spirit.
Gathering in Jesus’ name we share his word with one another and the world as a whole.
In these pages we welcome your prayer requests
and offer our weekly reflections for each Sunday and those from special occasions.
Join us in this sacred journey.
Daily we pray both alone and together.
Coming before God in solitude, we listen and respond to the Spirit.
Gathering in Jesus’ name we share his word with one another and the world as a whole.
In these pages we welcome your prayer requests
and offer our weekly reflections for each Sunday and those from special occasions.
Join us in this sacred journey.
READINGS AND REFLECTION FOR MAY 22, 2022
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SIXTH SUNDAY OF EASTER
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First Reading: Acts 15: 22 -29
Responsorial Psalm: 67: 2 – 3, 5 – 8 Second Reading: Rev. 21: 10 – 14, 22 -23 Gospel: John 14: 23 – 29 |
REFLECTION:
PEACE…How many times have you been wished peace or you have wished peace to someone else? Yes, peace has been on the minds and in the heart of many of us recently due to the war in Ukraine and the people at the border, particularly the children separated from their parents. In today’s Gospel (John 14: 27) we hear the word PEACE once again, “Peace is what I leave you.” But we may ask, where is it? Jesus explains to the apostles there is individual peace and there is world peace. Can we ever find world peace if we as individuals don’t find it first within ourselves? “Don’t worry, don’t be upset or afraid” (John 14: 27) is the message from Jesus. Are you thinking easy to say…hard to live? But we are not left on our own for we are promised a Helper, the Holy Spirit. Do I pray to the Holy Spirit to help me find or deepen that peace within myself? Do I share my worries, fear and uncertainties with God, then LISTEN to the guidance offered so I can experience that love, trust and peace that only God can provide?
PRAYER:
Slow me down, Lord. Help me to be still so I may recognize the power of PEACE and extend peace to others.
Bernadette Asbach, OSF
PEACE…How many times have you been wished peace or you have wished peace to someone else? Yes, peace has been on the minds and in the heart of many of us recently due to the war in Ukraine and the people at the border, particularly the children separated from their parents. In today’s Gospel (John 14: 27) we hear the word PEACE once again, “Peace is what I leave you.” But we may ask, where is it? Jesus explains to the apostles there is individual peace and there is world peace. Can we ever find world peace if we as individuals don’t find it first within ourselves? “Don’t worry, don’t be upset or afraid” (John 14: 27) is the message from Jesus. Are you thinking easy to say…hard to live? But we are not left on our own for we are promised a Helper, the Holy Spirit. Do I pray to the Holy Spirit to help me find or deepen that peace within myself? Do I share my worries, fear and uncertainties with God, then LISTEN to the guidance offered so I can experience that love, trust and peace that only God can provide?
PRAYER:
Slow me down, Lord. Help me to be still so I may recognize the power of PEACE and extend peace to others.
Bernadette Asbach, OSF
