Weekly Inspiration (2/22/25)

“Surely the glory of God radiated from the face of Jesus when he looked with deep compassion on the broken and needy. We, too, can radiate that glory in the world – whenever we love as he loved us; whenever we stand for truth and for justice, as he did; whenever we act, like him, as agents of peace and of blessing towards others.”

Br. David Vryhof
Society of Saint John the Evangelist

Lord, Make Me a Channel of Disturbance: The “Reverse St. Francis Prayer”

Lord, make me a channel of disturbance.

Where there is apathy, let me provoke;

Where there is compliance, let me bring questioning.

Where there is silence, may I be a voice.

Where there is too much comfort and too little action, grant disruption.

Where there are doors closed and hearts locked,

Grant the willingness to listen.

When laws dictate and pain is overlooked . . .

When tradition speaks louder than need. . .

Grant that I may seek rather to do justice than to talk about it;

Disturb us, O Lord.

To be with, as well as for, the alienated;

To love the unlovable as well as the lovely;

Lord, make me a channel of disturbance.

-Author unknown