The Quote:
“The greatest challenge of the day is: how to bring about a revolution of the heart, a revolution which has to start with each one of us?” – Dorothy Day
Wisdom from Scripture:
Jeremiah 31: 33-34
“This is the covenant I will make with the people of Israel after that time,” declares the Lord. “I will put my law in their minds and write it on their hearts. I will be their God, and they will be my people. 34 No longer will they teach their neighbor, or say to one another, ‘Know the Lord,’ because they will all know me, from the least of them to the greatest,” declares the Lord. “For I will forgive their wickedness and will remember their sins no more.”
Psalm 51: 10-12
“Create in me a pure heart, O God, and renew a steadfast spirit within me. 11 Do not cast me from your presence or take your Holy Spirit from me. 12 Restore to me the joy of your salvation and grant me a willing spirit, to sustain me.”
Prayer:
God, too often we think we know what our religion is supposed to be, when in fact we have no clue. Speak into our hearts and make us new! Help us to listen where we have been deaf and to respond where we have been lazy and self-absorbed. Renew in us the hope that comes from you, that makes everything new and enables us to tackle difficult and rewarding tasks.
Amen.