11-20-23

ECCLESIOLOGICAL ETCHINGS
November 20, 2023
Prayer for the Week:
Holy Guide, counsel me as I seek to practice gratitude. It should come so easily, as there is much for me to appreciate, yet the actual exercise of gratitude is too easily forgotten and lost amidst the stress and chaos of daily life. Provide me the inspiration to pause in this moment, to breathe in awareness, and to exhale whatever it is that keeps me from claiming a true spirit of gratitude. Help my mind and imagination to go to a place from where I can see with greater perspective, taking in the landscape of my life. I am certain there will be moments of grace and kindness, mercy and generosity, where I have been the recipient. Yet in my resolve to get from Point A to Point B, I missed gift after gift. In your mercy, O God, allow this realization to awaken me to those moments ahead of me where the gracious acts of many will no longer be overlooked or disregarded. I know it will be a process, yet I trust you to be my Holy Guide in this work. Amen.