If you want to follow Jesus…[you must] control what you take in every day. When you are on the bus or subway, or in your car, why busy your mind with all the garbage of advertisements? Why fill your mind with television and radio? Somehow you have to decide what your mind will receive. I don’t mean you shouldn’t ever go to the movies or watch television, but control what enters your mind and heart. It’s not just a question of pushing bad things out but a question of holding on to something really good.
It is good to have a prayer on your lips wherever you go. There are so many moments in life when you are free to pray. When you are waiting for the cashier in the supermarket, getting mad because he or she doesn’t hurry, say a little prayer: “Lord, Jesus Christ, have mercy on me.” Take that prayer with you wherever you go.
- Henri J.M. Nouwen Interview, Liguorian Magazine, October 1992
PRAY ALWAYS
Be at peace among yourselves. And…admonish the idlers, encourage the fainthearted, help the weak, be patient with all of them. See that none of you repays evil for evil, but always seek to do good to one another and to all. Rejoice always, pray without ceasing, give thanks in all circumstances; for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus for you. – I Thessalonians 5:12-18
ADVENT ACTION
This Advent, be generous in your prayers for others…
* This excerpt taken from: Advent & Christmas Wisdom from Henri J.M. Nouwen
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