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The Lord lift up his countenance upon you, and give you peace. (Numbers 6:26)
Readings to Meditate on:
Numbers 6:22-27
Psalm 67:2-3,5-6,8
Galatians 4:4-7
Luke 2:16-21
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being a “GOD-Bearer” through our baptism and daily conscious YES calls us (me) to wake up - be fully alive and alert to my surroundings throughout the day. it is way too easy to slip into a state of unmindfulness—to get caught up in the web of daily busy-ness and fail to notice the countless opportunities with which GOD surrounds me to offer HIM to His beloved children. my watch has an alarm that beeps at the top of the hour. at first it drove me nuts, but then i began to use it to bring me back to a mindfulness of GOD next to me and to the next person who may be in need of a special grace which i may be able to offer through a kind word or gesture or prayer.