The “Daffodil Principle” really touched my heart. After I read it, the following prayer just seemed to blossom. My sense is that you who receive this are invited to personalize by inserting your name where the blank spaces are and whisper it out loud or better yet have someone pray it over you.
Prayer for Tuesday, March 4, 2008. (4th week of lent)
May the Spirit of the Living God, the Lord and giver of Life, pour His sweet anointing into the cup of your heart, fill you to overflowing with the oil of joy as you share at the Eucharistic Table of the Lord. When you have had your fill, may you follow God’s lead to the place which He has chosen for you, the one with your name inscribed in gold. Once you have taken your place, may you open up so that the Holy Spirit may unwrap (in a deeper and fuller way) HIs gifts for you from God the Father, part of the celebration of the Incarnation of His dearly Beloved Son. He has planned this moment from all eternity to be with you, his beloved child in whom He delights. The first gift is of God’s Wisdom. The second is God’s Understanding. The third is God’s Counsel. The fourth is God’s knowledge. The fifth is God’s piety. The sixth gift is fear of the Lord. And the 7th gift which includes all the grace you need for the rest of your life empowered by these gifts is fortitude (or courage).
If you surrender to the deep silence, you might just hear God the Father whisper “Celebrate the Incarnation” with me starting now and for all eternity. Holy Spirit Gifts: wisdom, understanding, counsel, knowledge, piety, fear of the Lord, and fortitude (or courage)
Fruits: Charity Joy Peace Patience Benignity Goodness
Long-suffering Mildness Faith Modesty Continency Chastity
Celebrate by allowing me to bring the gifts I have planted within you into the fullness of my fatherly blessing for those you love and for my Mystical Body.
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