Just Bob

Father, thank You for the wisdom of nay our Law.

“What great people has statutes and decrees which are as just as this whole law?”
Deut 4:8

Encouragement for the Heart
Mt 5:17-19

Fulfilling in Love - “I have not come to abolish the Law, but to fulfill it.”
Mt 5:17

Live the Law of Love fully, not out of obligation, but out of fidelity to God’s heart. Fulfill His will in small acts of love, listening, and forgiveness.

Lord, teach me to pray, especially when it is difficult.

“Azariah stood up in the fire and prayed aloud.” Dan 3:25

According to Your steadfast love - lead me in Your truth
Ps 25:4-9

Living with Compassion - Lord, thank You for Your never-failing love. “Shouldn’t you also have compassion on your fellow servant, as I had compassion on you?” Mt 18:21-35

Your Longing to Know God

My Soul Thirst for God
Ps 42:2-3, 43:3-4

Replace fury with dialogue - Prayers for disarmament and for peace.

Lord, open my eyes to see everyone as You see them.

“There is no God in all the earth, except in Israel.” 2 Kings 5:15

Teach me to become a source of this same water - to love and to serve.

I’m thirsty Lord! Soften my heart so I recognize You today!

“Is the Lord in our midst?” Ex 17:7

Thank You Lord,for all the lives of women; like the Samaritan woman at Jacob’s well. Lord, give me the Living Water which flows from Your open and merciful Heart. May I have the Grace to see Your presence in my neighbor.

Hope doesn’t Disappoint

Christ, Source of Living Water - “ But whoever drinks the water I give them will never thirst. Indeed, the water I give them will become in them a spring of water welling up to eternal life.” Jn 4:14

Moments of Consolation

Ask for the grace to trust God more deeply. Merciful and Compassionate Love - “This man welcomes sinners and eats with them.” Lk 15:2

Father thank You for Your Grace and mercy.

“When he refused to enter the house, his father pleaded with him.” Lk 15:28

Surrender and Trust
Mt 21:33-43

“His brothers . . . hated him so much that they would not even greet him.”
Gen 37:4

Surrender and Trust
Mt 21:33-43

Paths of Peace - Ask for the strength not to be tempted by false paths - power or money - that may seem easy and appealing, but don’t lead to true happiness and joy.

Jesus, teach me to think like You,
so that I can love like You.

LORD GOD, thank You for the blessings which come when I trust in You!

“Blessed are those who trust in the LORD.” Jer 17:7

“Blessed are those who trust in the LORD.” Jer 17:7

Who are the poor around us today? This month pray that we may grow in gestures of compassion and justice. LORD open our eyes, so we are not indifferent to the suffering of others, and to help me recognize the greatest wealth is love.

Lord, help me to be “great” today!

“Whoever wishes to be great among you shall be your servant.”
Mt 20:26

We are invited into the same unfolding journey.

“On the third day he will be raised.”
Mt 20:19

Faithful and Humble Servant - “Whoever wishes to be great among you must be your servant, and whoever wishes to be first among you must be your slave.”
Mt 20:26-27

Learn to do good
Is 1:17

Brother and Sisters - “You are all brothers (and sisters)” Mt 23:8

Become people of justice

Lord,, help me to love You more by showing love to the people I love the least.

“Put away your misdeeds from my eyes; cease doing evil; learn to do good.”
Is 1:16-17

Forgive and you will be forgiven
Lk 6:37

Be and Give without Measure - “Jesus said to his disciples: ‘Be merciful, just as your Father is merciful.’”
Lk 6:36

Lord Jesus, teach me to be merciful as You are merciful.

“Stop condemning and you will not be condemned.”
Lk 6:37

Jesus, help me hold onto this glorious vision as I aim toward heaven.

“His face shone like the sun and His clothes became white as light.”
Mt 17:2

“This Is My Son, the Beloved”
Mt 17:5

“Get up and do not be afraid.”
Mt 17:7

Lord, to see Your transforming light, which transforms fear into trust and discouragement into hope; allow Your peace to pass through my actions.

Lord, You ask me to love as You do, even my enemies, and to reach out to those who are farthest away: this is the path to salvation.

Jesus, open my heart to Your grace today, so I may begin to love more perfectly.

“Be perfect, just as your Heavenly Father is perfect.” Mt 5:48

A Deepened Vision

With Hope and Love - “Love your enemies, bless those who curse you, do good to those who hate you and persecute you, that you may be children of your Father in heaven.” Mt 5:44

Jesus, I offer You my heart of mercy!

“Come and offer your gift.”
Mt 5:24

Speak with Jesus about anything in your life that needs to change.

You Show Me the Path of Life.
Mt 5:20-26

Forgiveness - Lord, make me an instrument of Your peace in my relationships.

“Leave your gift there at the altar, and go first to be reconciled with your brother.”
Mt 5:24

Let Me Return to You
Ps 51:3-4

Being a Sign of God - “Just as Jonah was a sign to the people of Nineveh, so will the Son of Man be to this generation.”
Lk 11:30

Jesus, open my ears and my heart to receive Your words!

“There is something greater than Jonah here.”
Lk 11:32

The roots of love

Father, thy will be done through me!

“Thy Kingdom come, thy will be done.”
My 6:10

Jesus, open my eyes to see you and love you in all my neighbors.

“Whatever you did for one of these least brothers of mine, you did for me.”
Mt 26:40

You shall be holy - Leviticus 19:1-2, 11-18

An Act of Love - “What you did not do for one of these least ones, you did not do for me.”
Mt 25:45

“At the sunset of your life, you will be examined on love.” - St John of the Cross

Lord, Your Word, will, teachings, and presence has become spiritual nourishment which gives meaning, strength, and hope to my life.

Lord help me to trust in Your ways and resist temptation.

“Afterwards He was hungry.”
Mt 4:2b

Forty Days and Forty Nights
Mt 4:2a

Your Word is Bread for the Journey - Lord, nourish me with Your Good News. “Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every Word that proceeds from the mouth of God.” Mt 4:4