Bible readings: Mark 12:30-31 (NIV and MSG); Matthew 5:8 (MSG); Isaiah 58:6-9 (MSG)
Prayer: Love Your Neighbour as You Love Yourself. Based on words by Terese D’Avila
Let nothing, O Lord,
disturb the silence of this night.
Let nothing make me afraid.
Let me wake refreshed,
ready to love and care for my neighbour
as you have loved and cared for me,
and indeed, as I love and care for myself.
For if I do not love others,
I cannot fool myself into believing that I love you.
I am, I know, as this day ends
very far from such a love.
But hear my prayer.
When I see others, let me see you.
Let me show them
the same reverence and respect that I would show you.
And I will want for nothing.
References:
Kirvan, J. (Ed.). 2008, Let Nothing Disturb You: Teresa of Avila, p. 30. Ave Maria Press: Notre Dame, Indiana.
Muggeridge, M. 1971, Something Beautiful for God: Mother Teresa of Calcutta. Collins/Fontana Books: Middlesex.
