Weekly Inspiration (2/29/24)

“ In our modern culture, powerful language reaches farther faster. In as little as a tweet, words can be used to create either thoughtful uplifting speech, or to attack and denigrate those who would think differently than ourselves. How can we reclaim the holiness of words to emulate God our creator? ”

- Br. Jim Woodrum
Society of Saint John the Evangelist

Poem of the Week

The Reverse Prayer of St. Francis
Author Unknown

Dear Lord, make me a channel of disturbance.
Where there is apathy, let me provoke.
Where there is compliance, let me bring questioning.
Where there is silence, may I be a voice.
Where there is too much comfort and too little action, grant disruption.
Where there are doors closed and hearts locked,
Grant me the willingness to listen.
When laws dictate and pain is overlooked…
When tradition speaks louder than need…
Grant that I may seek rather to do justice than to talk about it.
Disturb us, O Lord,
To be with, as well as for, the alienated;
To love the unlovable as well as the lovely.
Lord, make me a channel of disturbance.