Orienting our Day - Orienting our Day - FridayFriday

The Lord dwells with the The Lord dwells with the BrokenheartedBrokenhearted

Your Love Is Strong

Heavenly Father, you always amaze meHeavenly Father, you always amaze meLet your kingdom come in my world and in Let your kingdom come in my world and in

my lifemy lifeYou give me the food I need to live through You give me the food I need to live through

the daythe dayAnd forgive me as I forgive the people that And forgive me as I forgive the people that

wronged mewronged meLead me far from temptationLead me far from temptationDeliver me from the evil oneDeliver me from the evil one

I look out the window the birds are I look out the window the birds are composingcomposingNot a note is out of tune or out of placeNot a note is out of tune or out of placeI look at the meadow and stare at the I look at the meadow and stare at the flowersflowersBetter dressed than any girl on her Better dressed than any girl on her wedding daywedding day

So why do I worry?So why do I worry?Why do I freak out?Why do I freak out?God knows what I needGod knows what I needYou know what I needYou know what I need

Your love is, Your love is, Your love is Your love is, Your love is, Your love is strongstrong

The kingdom of the heavens, is now The kingdom of the heavens, is now advancingadvancing

Invade my heart, invade this broken townInvade my heart, invade this broken townThe kingdom of the heavens, is buried The kingdom of the heavens, is buried

treasuretreasureWill you sell yourself to buy the one Will you sell yourself to buy the one

you've found?you've found?

Two things you told meTwo things you told meThat you are strongThat you are strongAnd you love meAnd you love meYes you love meYes you love me

Your love is, Your love is, Your love is Your love is, Your love is, Your love is strongstrong

Our God in heaven, hallowed beOur God in heaven, hallowed beThy name above all namesThy name above all namesYour kingdom come, Your will be doneYour kingdom come, Your will be doneOn earth as it is in heavenOn earth as it is in heavenGive us today our daily breadGive us today our daily breadForgive us wicked sinnersForgive us wicked sinnersLead us far away from our vicesLead us far away from our vicesAnd deliver us from these prisons And deliver us from these prisons

- Jon Foreman - Jon Foreman

Principle and FoundationPrinciple and Foundation  As Christians we believe we come from a loving God who freely creates As Christians we believe we come from a loving God who freely creates

each one to seek and find God’s life forever, as one humanity, one each one to seek and find God’s life forever, as one humanity, one planet and one universe.planet and one universe.

As Christians we believe God creates all other things that we may discover As Christians we believe God creates all other things that we may discover in them God’s presence and action and begin now to share God’s own in them God’s presence and action and begin now to share God’s own life, by learning to love one another and to care for our kinship with all life, by learning to love one another and to care for our kinship with all the other creatures that so wonderfully share, sustain and support our the other creatures that so wonderfully share, sustain and support our lives.lives.

It follows that we will find our true selves in a freedom to choose what helps It follows that we will find our true selves in a freedom to choose what helps to share our lives with others, not what hinders this.to share our lives with others, not what hinders this.

To come to this freedom we need at all times, where it is left to our own To come to this freedom we need at all times, where it is left to our own choice, to hold ourselves open and ready for all things, wealth or choice, to hold ourselves open and ready for all things, wealth or poverty, fame or disgrace, health or sickness, a long life or a short one, poverty, fame or disgrace, health or sickness, a long life or a short one, and with everything else.and with everything else.

So we want to be graced by God into a spiritual freedom that is both deeply So we want to be graced by God into a spiritual freedom that is both deeply interior and gratefully responsive to God’s prior love in creating us, to interior and gratefully responsive to God’s prior love in creating us, to desire and choose in all things what better helps each of us to share the desire and choose in all things what better helps each of us to share the life for which God has made us all.life for which God has made us all.

~ A contemporary version by John Reilly sj, ~ A contemporary version by John Reilly sj,

Our Many Dwelling PlacesOur Many Dwelling Places

we are ...we are ...

we are                              we are                              the the

refugees ...                          refugees ...                          who move by who move by

night                             night                               and hide by day   and hide by day 

outcasts outcasts

fleeing by moonlight fleeing by moonlight

hiding in shadows hiding in shadows

evading enemy eyes evading enemy eyes

escaping anonymous escaping anonymous gunfire  gunfire 

frantic   bleeding    frightened   torn. frantic   bleeding    frightened   torn. 

Snagged in barbed wire accosted by footsteps 

bitten by humankind assailed by brothers mocked by sisters 

Tormented

weeping

trembling

lost. 

we are the refugees who move by night and hide by day ...

--- by Ruth McLean

Points for Reflection TodayPoints for Reflection Today

► Am I open and ready for all things that may Am I open and ready for all things that may come today?come today?

►Do I feel gratefully responsive to God’s love Do I feel gratefully responsive to God’s love in creating us?in creating us?

►Do I desire and choose all things that help Do I desire and choose all things that help each one of us to share the life God has each one of us to share the life God has made for us all?made for us all?

►Do I feel a sense of spiritual freedom as we Do I feel a sense of spiritual freedom as we begin this time together today?begin this time together today?

Responsorial Psalm – Ps. 34

RefrainRefrainTaste and see, O taste and see, taste and see the goodness of Taste and see, O taste and see, taste and see the goodness of God.God.

1. Glory, glory to God most high, glory, blessing and praise.1. Glory, glory to God most high, glory, blessing and praise.With one voice, O people, rejoice in our God, who hears the With one voice, O people, rejoice in our God, who hears the cry of all in need.cry of all in need.

2. Who has fashioned the earth and sky, who created the deep, 2. Who has fashioned the earth and sky, who created the deep, who exalts the lowly and sets captives free, who opens the who exalts the lowly and sets captives free, who opens the door to all those who seek.door to all those who seek.

3. Oh, the love of God!3. Oh, the love of God!Become flesh of our flesh, so that we might live in glory.Become flesh of our flesh, so that we might live in glory.

Text: Based on Psalm 34:9, 2-4; 136:5-6; Luke 1:52. Text and music © 1988, Bob Hurd. Published by OCP. All rights reserved.Text: Based on Psalm 34:9, 2-4; 136:5-6; Luke 1:52. Text and music © 1988, Bob Hurd. Published by OCP. All rights reserved.Breaking Bread 2009 #341Breaking Bread 2009 #341