Monday
Begin by taking a minute or so to become aware of God’s presence with you wherever you are. It may help to think of him sitting opposite you in the form of Jesus, or as a pillar of light, or as filling the very air which you breathe.
Then pray this prayer, - and try to do so, really meaning what you say:
Come, Holy Spirit, guide our hearts and minds in the ways of love as we begin this new week, that all that we do may be to your praise and glory. Amen.
Read the following verses very slowly, letting the words “seep into your heart” and noticing anything that seems significant or stands out for you.
No one has ever seen God; if we love one another, God lives in us, and his love is perfected in us. By this we know that we abide in him and he in us, because he has given us of his Spirit. … So we have known and believe the love that God has for us. God is love, and those who abide in love abide in God, and God abides in them.
[1 John 4:12-13, 16]
Close with the prayer:
Father of light,
from whom every good gift comes,
pour out your Holy Spirit upon our parish with the power of a mighty wind,
and by the flame of your wisdom, open the horizons of our minds,
that we may seek only your will.
Help us to bear witness to your love in all that we do and think and say,
that, through us, others may come to know you and your beloved Son, Jesus.
This we ask in his name.
Amen.