Becoming aware of the moments of Grace in the daily
LISTEN |
A GOOD DAY |
Open your eyes. Look at that. |
FOR REFLECTION
After reading A Good Day take some quiet time…. Recall the faces of some of the people you met today. What did you notice? What ‘gift’ did you receive from them? For what are you grateful in that encounter? Did something unexpected help you to take notice of a person or a situation? What did you learn? Look back over the day and create a short litany of gratitude for the wonder of this day. – the wonder in the ordinary….. |
LORD IT IS GOOD TO GIVE THANKS |
Thoughts and Suggestions:
In the very ordinariness of each day we are invited to touch the mystery of God. The Incarnation revealed God who is within us and among us. God shines through all of creation and every human face, but we need to cultivate practices that attune us to these graced moments. This is captured beautifully in the video clip available on the www.gratefulness.org site.
During his life Jesus had regular practices to stay in touch with his Father, Abba. He sought solitude, quiet time in which he could listen to the whispering of the Spirit in his heart, alerting him to the next stage of his mission and opening his eyes to the elements of his culture that were not life giving for the people. From this quiet space he could do his work – embrace those on the margins, question religious practice that was no longer transformative. Like Jesus we need such moments. Brother Steindl Rast’s, A Good Day, is one way we can invite a staff community to reflect upon the wonder of the ordinary and to ponder practices they might embrace to create an awareness from which gratefulness flows. If time permits you could finish with people sharing the litany of gratitude. This could be introduced and concluded with Frank Andersen’s antiphon: Lord it is Good. |