Receiving and Giving

For Pondering

• How difficult is it for you to receive from others? What hinders your ability to enter into this rhythm of discipleship where both giving and receiving are fundamental?

• When have you had to "shake the dust off" as a symbolic way of moving on because you experience that those with whom you are interacting are not ready to receive God's message? How did this impact you?

For Prayer

Loving God,

as we journey with you in this life,

we seek the rhythm of discipleship

where giving and receiving are the norm.

Let us proclaim your message in the peaks and valleys of our lives

and through the twists and turns of our sometimes chaotic lives.

Amen.

Sister Jayne Helmlinger, CSJ