Openings … Add Ten Seconds

Add ten seconds to each moment,

And my response would be better,

kinder, warmer, more forgiving,

than my first.

But can I ever be as loving as He is to me?

“Can you drink the chalice that I am going to drink?”

Gospel of Matthew

Openings … Listening

Listening with intention, I turn the face of my soul towards Him,

Do you hear me Lord?

Can I stay in silence?

Is that your sign of eternal love?

And then you show me, through the face and words of others. You are there.

“Whoever has ears ought to hear.”

Gospel of Matthew

Do you divide family and friends …

Into men and women, girls and boys,

close friends, acquaintances, colleagues,

those to keep at a distance, even enemies?

Are we better served by addition versus subtraction; multiplication instead of division.

Someone told him, “Your mother and your brothers are standing outside,
asking to speak with you.”

Gospel of Matthew