Thursday, February 14, 2008

Lent 2008 - 2nd Thursday

"Lord, open my lips, and my mouth shall declare your praise."

We are touched by the bold, full-hearted prayer of Esther.
We hear with a freshness how sincerely Jesus invites us to:

ask and receive

seek and find

knock and find the door opened.

Dependence is not a virtue we ordinarily admire.
Today we grow in our sense that we need God's grace very much -
even to know what is right -
but certainly to fan our desires into a flame.

Lord, on the day I called for help,
you answered me.
Psalm 138