Be Still: Daily Devotional

Silent Saturday Examen Today is the Saturday Examen. This is what is known as Silent Saturday In Holy Week. Dr Suess has a line in his children’s book My Many Colored Days that goes: Gray day. Everything is Gray. I watch. But nothing moves today. Today is the day in-between. The day where hope seemed lost. A day of quiet. Stillness. Nothing moved, today. For today’s examen, we will practice silenc...

Today is Good Friday, in Holy Week. May the Lord of peace himself give you peace at all times and in every way. Take a moment and quiet yourself. Take a deep breath. Welcome God’s presence. And say, “Come Holy Spirit.” Isaiah 53 "Who has believed our message and to whom has the arm of the LORD been revealed? 2 He grew up before him like a tender shoot, and like a root out of dry ground. He had no...

Today is Maundy Thursday, the fifth day of Holy Week. The word “Maundy” comes from the Latin word mandātum means mandate, or command. This is in reference to the command Jesus gave his disciples to “Love one another, as I have loved you.” Grace to all who love our Lord Jesus Christ with an undying love. Take a moment and quiet yourself. Take a deep breath. Welcome God’s presence. And say, “Come Ho...

Today is Wednesday, the fourth day of Holy Week. May the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace through the power of the Holy Spirit.   Take a moment and quiet yourself. Take a deep breath. Welcome God’s presence. And say, “Come Holy Spirit.” Today’s reading is from the Gospel of Matthew 26:14-16 "14 Then one of the Twelve—the one called Judas Iscariot—went to the chief priests 15 and asked,...

Today is Tuesday, the third day of Holy Week. The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of God, and the fellowship of the Holy Spirit, be with you. Take a moment and quiet yourself. Take a deep breath. Welcome God’s presence. And say, “Come Holy Spirit.” Today’s reading is from the Gospel of Matthew 21:45-46 "45 When the chief priests and the Pharisees heard Jesus’ parables, they knew he wa...

Today is Monday the second day of Holy Week. The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with your spirit. Take a moment and quiet yourself. Take a deep breath. Welcome God’s presence. And say, “Come Holy Spirit.” Today’s reading is from the Gospel of Mark 11:15-17 "15 On reaching Jerusalem, Jesus entered the temple courts and began driving out those who were buying and selling there. He overturned the...

This is a version of the five-step Daily Examen that St. Ignatius practiced. 1. Become aware of God’s presence. 2. Review the day with gratitude. 3. Pay attention to your emotions. 4. Choose one feature of the day and pray from it. 5. Look toward tomorrow.

Today is the 38th day of Lent May the Lord of peace himself give you peace at all times and in every way. Take a moment and quiet yourself. Take a deep breath. Welcome God’s presence. And say, “Come Holy Spirit.” Today’s reading is from the Gospel of Mark, chapter 10:32-34 "32 They were on their way up to Jerusalem, with Jesus leading the way, and the disciples were astonished, while those who fol...

Today is the 37th day of Lent Grace to all who love our Lord Jesus Christ with an undying love. Take a moment and quiet yourself. Take a deep breath. Welcome God’s presence. And say, “Come Holy Spirit.” Today’s reading is from the Book of Philippians chapter 1. Philippians 1:1-11 "1 Paul and Timothy, servants of Christ Jesus, To all God’s holy people in Christ Jesus at Philippi, together with the...

Today is the 36th day of Lent May the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace through the power of the Holy Spirit.   Take a moment and quiet yourself. Take a deep breath. Welcome God’s presence. And say, “Come Holy Spirit.” Today’s reading is from Jeremiah 32:36-41 "36 “You are saying about this city, ‘By the sword, famine and plague it will be given into the hands of the king of Babylon’; bu...

Today is the 35th day of Lent The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of God, and the fellowship of the Holy Spirit, be with you. Take a moment and quiet yourself. Take a deep breath. Welcome God’s presence. And say, “Come Holy Spirit.” Today’s reading is from the Book of Ephesians chapter 2. "1 As for you, you were dead in your transgressions and sins, 2 in which you used to live when yo...

Today is the 34th day of Lent The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with your spirit. Take a moment and quiet yourself. Take a deep breath. Welcome God’s presence. And say, “Come Holy Spirit.” Today’s reading is from Psalm 143 "1 LORD, hear my prayer, listen to my cry for mercy; in your faithfulness and righteousness come to my relief. 2 Do not bring your servant into judgment, for no one living i...

This is a version of the five-step Daily Examen that St. Ignatius practiced. 1. Become aware of God’s presence. 2. Review the day with gratitude. 3. Pay attention to your emotions. 4. Choose one feature of the day and pray from it. 5. Look toward tomorrow.

Today is the 31st day of Lent. May the Lord of peace himself give you peace at all times and in every way. Take a moment and quiet yourself. Take a deep breath. Welcome God’s presence. And say, “Come Holy Spirit.” Today’s reading is from the Book Revelation, chapter 11. Revelation 11:15-19 "15 The seventh angel sounded his trumpet, and there were loud voices in heaven, which said: “The kingdom of...

Today is the 30th day of Lent. Grace to all who love our Lord Jesus Christ with an undying love. Take a moment and quiet yourself. Take a deep breath. Welcome God’s presence. And say, “Come Holy Spirit.” Today’s reading is from the Book of Colossians, chapter 1:9-14 "9 For this reason, since the day we heard about you, we have not stopped praying for you. We continually ask God to fill you with th...

Today is the 29th day of Lent. May the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace through the power of the Holy Spirit.   Take a moment and quiet yourself. Take a deep breath. Welcome God’s presence. And say, “Come Holy Spirit.” Today’s reading is from the Gospel of Matthew, chapter 9. Matthew 9:27-34 "27 As Jesus went on from there, two blind men followed him, calling out, “Have mercy on us, Son...

Today is the 28th day of Lent The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of God, and the fellowship of the Holy Spirit, be with you. Take a moment and quiet yourself. Take a deep breath. Welcome God’s presence. And say, “Come Holy Spirit.” Today’s reading is from Isaiah, chapter 42:14-21 "14 “For a long time I have kept silent, I have been quiet and held myself back. But now, like a woman in...

Today is the 27th day of Lent The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with your spirit. Take a moment and quiet yourself. Take a deep breath. Welcome God’s presence. And say, “Come Holy Spirit.” Today’s reading is from Isaiah 59 "9 So justice is far from us, and righteousness does not reach us. We look for light, but all is darkness; for brightness, but we walk in deep shadows. 10 Like the blind we...

This is a version of the five-step Daily Examen that St. Ignatius practiced. 1. Become aware of God’s presence. 2. Review the day with gratitude. 3. Pay attention to your emotions. 4. Choose one feature of the day and pray from it. 5. Look toward tomorrow.

Today is the 24th day of Lent. May the Lord of peace himself give you peace at all times and in every way. Take a moment and quiet yourself. Take a deep breath. Welcome God’s presence. And say, “Come Holy Spirit.” Today’s reading is from 1st Samuel, chapter 15. "Samuel replied: “Does the Lord delight in burnt offerings and sacrifices as much as in obeying the Lord? To obey is better than sacrifice...

Today is the 23rd day of Lent. Grace to all who love our Lord Jesus Christ with an undying love. Take a moment and quiet yourself. Take a deep breath. Welcome God’s presence. And say, “Come Holy Spirit.” Today’s reading is from Psalm 23. "1 The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want. 2 He maketh me to lie down in green pastures: he leadeth me beside the still waters. 3 He restoreth my soul: he lead...

Today is the 22nd day of Lent. May the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace through the power of the Holy Spirit.   Take a moment and quiet yourself. Take a deep breath. Welcome God’s presence. And say, “Come Holy Spirit.” Today’s reading is from the Book of Jeremiah, chapter 2. “10 Go west and look in the land of Cyprus; go east and search through the land of Kedar. Has anyone ever heard o...

Today is the 21st day of Lent. The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of God, and the fellowship of the Holy Spirit, be with you. Take a moment and quiet yourself. Take a deep breath. Welcome God’s presence. And say, “Come Holy Spirit.” Today’s reading is from 1st Corinthians chapter 10. "1 I don’t want you to forget, dear brothers and sisters, about our ancestors in the wilderness long...

Today is the 20th day of Lent. The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with your spirit. Take a moment and quiet yourself. Take a deep breath. Welcome God’s presence. And say, “Come Holy Spirit.” Today’s reading is from Psalm 81. “Listen to me, O my people, while I give you stern warnings. O Israel, if you would only listen to me! 9 You must never have a foreign god; you must not bow down before a f...

This is a version of the five-step Daily Examen that St. Ignatius practiced. 1. Become aware of God’s presence. 2. Review the day with gratitude. 3. Pay attention to your emotions. 4. Choose one feature of the day and pray from it. 5. Look toward tomorrow.