Lenten Prayer - Day 17 - Third Monday (March 8, 2021)
Gospel Reading: Mark 12:38-44
Gospel Reading: Mark 12:38-44
You who call us to yourself, and call us by your name, enable us to discern when those who provide guidance for our faith are doing so from a desire to provide compassionate care, or when they are doing so in order to enhance or enrich themselves at the expense of others.
For those of us who do teach and preach your people, enable us to see our own motives clearly. Help us not to compete for notice, honor, titles, income, or any other prize that diverts us from our role of bringing others into your presence by our prayer and preaching, and by a broad array of compassionate acts.
Enable us to trust You boldly. Enable us to give ourselves to You wholly, just as the exploited widow did as she placed her resources in your care for your use.
You have given yourself to us, wholly, in Christ Jesus. Enable us to trust You wholly, and give ourselves and our resources to You without reserve. We trust You with all that we are!
Amen.
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