Spend this Day in His Service

A quote from Catherine McAuley:
Often in this day raise your heart to God and beg grace to spend this day in His service.

Today we want to lift our hearts and minds to God in praise. it's so hard to do this if we are too
scattered in what we are doing. Being very busy is not necessarily lacking in raising our hearts and minds to God, but being scattered is!

We can use each activity in intention to bring us to the presence of God. For instance, while driving, I use each stop light as a "marker" to remind me to pray. For green,I start with 'thank you God", for red, I pause to pray a quick prayer for safely or to remind me to stay in the moment of quiet.

Since I am on sabbatical and do not often get to drive, I use other "markers" in my day. I am blessed with being able to take long hikes most days. the trees, the hills, the times when I stop to catch my breath, I use these as times to stop, reflect,pause in my constant thinking to be in awe of God's nature. That silent being in awe is a prayer.

As we take laundry out of the washer, slow down and allow your heart and mind to lift to the Lord. Washing dishes can be another moment as can vacuuming when you can't hear anything else anyway. Today find some "markers" in your everyday life so that you can make more and more moments sacred.

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