"Open my ears, Lord, help me to hear Your Voice..." Where do I hear You today, Lord? In the Sacred Scriptures read by priest, minister, or lector, in the chirping robins hopping across my lawn, the cries of a woman on a newscast who lost her child in a shooting, the excited shouts of my son's baseball team, the mysterious conversations of whales deep in the ocean, my spouse whispering that she loves me....
"Open my heart, Lord, help me to love like You..." Help me to love with Your Love in so many ways... my hand reaching down to pet or feed my dog, my hugs for my daughter who's just graduated from college, my cutting the lawn for my elderly neighbor, my smile and wave to my mail carrier, my voice reading the same story over and over to my toddler, my feeding my parent with dementia.... You, Lord, live in all creation and You live in me and You hold us all together in miraculous life in Your tender embrace. Amen, Alleluia.l