Be Open to God’s Love • Fri.05.08.26

We cannot fill a hand that is already clenched. To receive God’s riches, we must first learn to let go.

We are called to be witnesses of love right in the middle of our busy lives—in our offices, our schools, and our neighborhoods. To do this, we need to practice a bit of spiritual “detachment.”

For us, this doesn’t mean ignoring the world, but letting go of the clutter in our hearts so we have room for the immense riches of God’s kingdom. When we aren’t clinging to our own plans, we are finally open to His.

Today, let’s identify one thing we are gripping too tightly—a plan, a worry, or an opinion—and let it go to make space for God’s love.

Based on the Word of Life, October 1985, by Chiara Lubich, Servant of God.

✝️ Our Prayer for Openness

Lord, help us to live in this world without being consumed by it. Give us the grace to detach from our own small desires so we can receive the fullness of Your love. Amen.

A prayer a day, keeps the soul from drifting away

⌨ ᴛʸᵖⁱⁿᵍ ᴏᵘᵗ ᵒᶠ ᵗʰᵉ ʙˡᵘᵉ ᵈᵃʳᵉᵐ ᵐᵘˢⁱᶜ ᵇˡᵒᵍ

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Welcome Others • Sat.04.18.26

Real welcome is more than good manners. It is making room for people as they are, not as we wish they were.

Welcoming someone is more than being polite.

It means making room for people as they are, with their needs, their differences, and their struggles.

Jesus welcomed us first. That is how we learn to welcome others.

Today, we make space in our heart and in our actions for someone we might usually overlook.

Based on the Word of Life, December 1986, by Chiara Lubich, Servant of God.

✝️ Prayer to Welcome Others

Father, enlarge our hearts. Help us welcome others with the same love Christ has shown us. Amen.

A prayer a day, keeps the soul from drifting away

⌨ ᴛʸᵖⁱⁿᵍ ᴏᵘᵗ ᵒᶠ ᵗʰᵉ ʙˡᵘᵉ ᵈᵃʳᵉᵐ ᵐᵘˢⁱᶜ ᵇˡᵒᵍ

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