Reflection “Your influence is determined by how abundantly you place other people’s interests first.” —Bob Burg Prayer Self-giving love, We are tempted to equate our material wealth and resources with the power to get things done

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Self-giving love,

We are tempted to equate our material wealth and resources with the power to get things done in the world. Help us remember your own example today, that we might bear witness instead to the influential power of sacrificial love. The kind of outward-focused attitude that shows deference to the needs of others. We know that this is how the world will be transformed for the better, and yet it can often be so hard to do. Empower us today to do it well, with love, sincerity, and integrity. Amen.

Reflection “Love yourself like your life depends on it, because it does.” —Anita Moorjani Prayer Love eternal, Our colleagues need us to support them in the work of self-care. Help us never to falter in our commitment to providing

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Love eternal,

Our colleagues need us to support them in the work of self-care. Help us never to falter in our commitment to providing opportunities for respite, personal growth and development, and rejuvenation in the ministry we share together. For those who are especially in need of self-care today, we pray you will lead them to a deep sense of freedom and trust, knowing that it is more than “okay” to take time for themselves. For the well-being of all our caregivers, we pray for your health and wholeness to flourish among us. Amen.

Reflection “A pessimist never discovered the secrets of the stars, or uncharted land, or opened a new heaven to the human spirit.” —Helen Keller Prayer Spirit of innovation, May our ministry be more and more infused with positivit

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Spirit of innovation,

May our ministry be more and more infused with positivity and openness to discovery. May we never be satisfied by the status quo. Instead, with hope and determination, may we find new ways to serve our patients and families and to continue exploring new opportunities to realize our mission together. Amen.

Reflection “Keep the company of those who seek the truth. Run from those who have found it.” —Vaclav Havel Prayer Spirit of truth, We know and believe you are the way, the truth, and the life. Yet this is just the beginning of a

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Spirit of truth,

We know and believe you are the way, the truth, and the life. Yet this is just the beginning of a life spent seeking, striving, and continuing to follow your way. Give us courage always to remain seekers, and never to settle for the partial realities we’ve grasped. Make us tenacious in our pursuit of your will for us and this ministry, as we continue to serve those you send our way. For the sake of your life-giving love for all, we pray. Amen.

Reflection “Brothers and sisters: The Spirit comes to the aid of our weakness; for we do not know how to pray as we ought, but the Spirit himself intercedes with inexpressible groanings. And the one who searches hearts knows what is th

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Spirit within,

We should be more open to the mystery of your Spirit’s working within us. After all, you know us better than we know ourselves! Help us learn to trust you more than we do, especially in the quiet of our hearts, where our deepest longings dwell and where you promise to meet us and help us with the prayers that we most need to pray. As we trust ourselves to your plans, we are grateful that you promise to intercede with and for us. Amen.

Reflection “We have places of fear inside of us, but we have other places as well—places with names like trust, and hope, and faith. We can choose to lead from one of those places, to stand on ground that is not riddled with the fault

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Solid ground,

Fill us today with your perfect love, which drives away fear and keeps us anchored in the things that matter. Help us as leaders to stand on the values that invite others into healthy ways of being in the world. May we lead our neighbors and communities to wholeness, by transforming the places we share together into spaces defined by trust, hope, and faith. Amen.

Reflection “Climate change does not respect border; it does not respect who you are – rich and poor, small and big. Therefore, this is what we call ‘global challenges,’ which require global solidarity.” –Ban Ki-moon Prayer God wi

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God with us,

The challenges we face today cannot be surmounted so long as we remain mired in division and self-interest, as people and as nations. Transform us into advocates of solidarity, willing to cooperate across borders for the sake of those issues affecting the well-being of all people. As we bear witness in our communities and across the world to the effects of climate change especially, help us respond with sympathy and compassion to neighbors near and far, and to implement policies respecting the limits of the world you have given. With faith, hope, and love for a future worthy of our children, we pray. Amen.