Look Outside

Anyone who looks only at themselves will inevitably sink into melancholy.  Open your eyes to creation all around you, and the shadows already begin to disperse.

Br. Roger of Taize

"A Good Day" With Brother David Steindl-Rast

“Take care to guard against all greed, for though one may be rich, one's life does not consist of possessions.” (Lk. 12:15)

This is a great video to move your heart to gratefulness, the antidote to greed.

Identity

[After creating the heavens and the earth] “God said, ‘Let us make man in our own image, in the likeness of ourselves and let them be masters of the fish of the sea, the birds of heaven, the cattle, all the wild animals and all the creatures that creep along the ground.’ God created man in the image of himself, in the image of God he created him, male and female he created them. God blessed them, saying to them, ‘Be fruitful, multiply, fill the earth and subdue it. Be masters of the fish of the sea, the birds of heaven and all the living creatures that move on earth… And so it was. God saw all he had made, and indeed it was very good.”

Gn. 1:26-31

Gratitude

“Father, we acknowledge your greatness: all your actions show your wisdom and love. You formed us in your own likeness and set us over the whole world to serve you, our creator, and to rule over all creatures. Even when we disobeyed you and lost your friendship you did not abandon us to the power of death, but helped all to seek and find you. Again and again you offered a covenant to us, and through your prophets taught us to hope for salvation. Father, you so loved the world that in the fullness of time you sent your only Son to be our savior.”

Eucharistic Prayer IV