Does prayer make you more compassionate, thoughtful, understanding of other people? Does it help you to remember God’s love in the past and to experience it in the present? It does that for me. When I truly open myself, prayer reminds me of how often God has come to find me when I’ve wandered off. It reminds me of God’s grace and mercy, unasked for but abundantly given, and it makes me extend grace to others a little more freely too.

For reflection:

• How have you experienced prayer in your own life?


• Have you ever felt lost and found? Have you ever experienced grace and mercy that you didn’t ask for? What was that like? What is God like?


• What would you like to pray for right now? Maybe you could just take a little bit of time in prayer right now.

Here are the Scripture readings: https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/091122.cfm

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by Sister Leslie Keener, CDP

Sister Leslie Keener, CDP is the director of God Space, a community-building spirituality ministry in Cincinnati and Northern Kentucky. She’s a Sister of Divine Providence with a Masters in Ministry and a Certificate in Spiritual Direction and Retreats from Creighton University. She directs retreats, meets with people for spiritual direction, and serves as the vocation director for her community.