It's all good so far

Remind me Lord that tech support staff, insurance company clerks, and the poor drivers during the commute are also my neighbors.

It has been a while since I tried the discipline of the Daily Examen. I still download and listen to the Pray as You Go podcast, but quit the written reflection. I am up early enough to read the Daily Office – Both Morning Prayer and the Lectionary.

I need to make time to read them contemplatively instead of skimming them and perhaps use this blog as a tool for recording the reflection.

Today is the day that the Church honors St. Francis of Asissi.
One could say that he should be considered the patron saint of the new minimalism movement; however, his ministry was more that self imposed doing without.
His was a vow of to use only what he needed and to spend his time and resources with the poor.

It is good thing to learn to sacrifice, to reduce one’s carbon footprint, to be less materialistic and spend time learning and growing.
But I don’t see that the current trend has the component of service. We need to do more with time we find.

“Come be with me all you who carry heavy burdens, and I will give you rest.”

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