FReeper Canteen ~ Sunday Chapel ~ LIVING PRAYER ~ Happy New Year! ~ 01 January 2012

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[Kathy in Alaska]

 

 

 

 

LIVING PRAYER

Brother Lawrence was a monk who lived almost 300 years ago and worked in the galley of his monastery. He wrote a book, The Practice of the Presence of God, which today is considered a classic in the area of Christian devotion. Brother Lawrence spent much of his time in the monastery scullery scrubbing pots and pans. He also had a collateral duty as the monastery cobbler. In these jobs, he said, he learned to glorify God in simple tasks and to pray with his hands. By bringing to each small job the best of his ability, he developed the practice of living prayer. Whether he was bustling around the galley, repairing shoes or kneeling in prayer, he learned to grow spiritually as well as mentally and to cultivate a never-ending, ever-deepening sense of God's presence.

Each day you do hundreds of small tasks. Perhaps you feel at times unrecognized or unnoticed, or that your job is insignificant in the great scope of things. The fact is it doesn't matter what you do or what position you hold. What really matters is the spirit in which you work, and how you approach your work. Brother Lawrence teaches us an important and very wise lesson: Even the simplest tasks, when done to the best of your ability, are important in God's eyes. Whenever you bring to any job the best of yourself, your fullest mind, an honest heart, and a striving for excellence, then your work, no matter what you do, becomes like a living prayer to God.

CAPT Jane F. Vieira, CHC, USN

 

[oldteen]

[Kathy in Alaska]

Happy New Year, Central Time Zone!!

Thanks, unique, for the countdown to the new year.

[Kathy in Alaska]

Very cool graphic. I am constantly amazed at how many different ones people find. New ones every day.

Unless someone else had a lot of fireworks, the big display downtown has already gone off.

Any noise around your area? Periodic here from any direction.

[Diver Dave]

Evenin’ Kathy. May you have a Blessed Lord’s Day and New Year.

My Marine brother and I celebrate New Years Day with birthday cake.

[Kathy in Alaska]

A Blessed Lord's Day to you and yours, Dave. And a Happy New Year.

Happy New Year to you and your brother.

[Kathy in Alaska]

Happy New Year, Pacific Time Zone!!

Thanks, unique, for the countdown to the new year.

[Kathy in Alaska]

Happy New Year, Mountain Time Zone!!
With apologies for being an hour late.

Thanks, unique, for the countdown to the new year.

[amom]

Happy New Year from the PacNoWest!

[oldteen]

The graphics out there are very large in number. Some that I see everyday are so well done. Wish I had such talent.

We had some noisy fireworks in the neighborhood but not for very long. I think the big celebrations of the new year have waned from the past. Either folks can't afford it or just aren't in the mood.

[oldteen]

Happy Birthday to you and your twin, DD!

Are you celebrating together?

Have a Blessed Sunday, New Years Day and birthday!

[BobP]

[Kathy in Alaska]

Could very easily be true.

[Cindy]

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[Kathy in Alaska]

Happy New Year, Alaskan Time Zone!!

Thanks, unique, for the countdown to the new year.

[Kathy in Alaska]

A beautiful display right across the street! And I can see another nice one a street over. And I can hear some big booms around the neighborhood. d:o)

[Kathy in Alaska]

HAPPY NEW YEAR, Sarge...((HUGS))...and a Blessed Lord's Day to you.
I love the dragon.

[Kathy in Alaska]

A Blessed Lord's Day and A Happy New Year to you, BobP.

[Kathy in Alaska]

Happy New Year, Hawaiian Time Zone!!

Thanks, unique, for the countdown to the new year.

[E.G.C.]

Happy New year to everyone at the Canteen and to all our military at home and abroad. Thanks for your service to our country.

((HUGS))Good morning, Kathy. HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!!!

[E.G.C.]

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