Wednesday
of Holy Week
When I look at your heavens, the work of your fingers, the moon and the
stars, which you have set in place, what is man that you are mindful of him,
and the son of man that you care for him?
Psalm 8:3-4
Wednesday
Prayer
The cross of Christ began as a seed. You, O Lord, provide soil to nourish that
seed. You brought forth rain and
sunlight to sustain its growth. You
painstakingly prepared the tree upon which your Son would one day die. And you did all of this for me. Who am I that you would go to such lengths
for me? A willing ear, O Lord, is what I
desire. The work of your hands brought
forth the cross of Christ. Let the work
of my hands take up my cross and follow you.
Amen.
Wednesday
Meditation
Every prayer of petition becomes a prayer of thanksgiving and
praises as well, precisely because it is a prayer of hope. In the hopeful prayer of petition, we thank
God for His promise and we praise Him for his trust. Our numerous requests simply become the
concrete way of saying that we trust in the fullness of God’s goodness, which He
wants to share with us. Whenever we pray with hope, we put our lives in the
hands of God. Fear and anxiety fade away
and everything we are given and everything we are deprived of is nothing but a
finger pointing out the direction of God’s hidden promise, which we shall taste
in full.
-
Henri Nouwen
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