Skip to comments.
FReeper Canteen ~ Sunday Chapel ~ Living Prayer ~ 30 December 2012
Serving The Best Troops and Veterans In The World !!
| The Canteen Crew
Posted on 12/29/2012 5:04:10 PM PST by 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
|
|
TOPICS: Culture/Society; Extended News; Free Republic
KEYWORDS: canteen; chapel; military; troopsupport
Navigation: use the links below to view more comments.
first previous 1-20 ... 61-80, 81-100, 101-120, 121-127 next last
To: The Mayor
101
posted on
12/30/2012 8:03:08 PM PST
by
Kathy in Alaska
((~ RIP Brian...heaven's gain...the Coast Guard lost a good one.~))
To: MoJo2001; KarlInOhio
102
posted on
12/30/2012 8:18:59 PM PST
by
Kathy in Alaska
((~ RIP Brian...heaven's gain...the Coast Guard lost a good one.~))
To: tomkow6; amom; MeekMom; STARWISE; One_American
103
posted on
12/30/2012 8:40:30 PM PST
by
Kathy in Alaska
((~ RIP Brian...heaven's gain...the Coast Guard lost a good one.~))
To: SouthernHawk; eyedigress
104
posted on
12/30/2012 9:51:50 PM PST
by
Kathy in Alaska
((~ RIP Brian...heaven's gain...the Coast Guard lost a good one.~))
To: Arrowhead1952; jaycee; do the dhue
105
posted on
12/30/2012 9:53:40 PM PST
by
Kathy in Alaska
((~ RIP Brian...heaven's gain...the Coast Guard lost a good one.~))
To: gate2wire
106
posted on
12/30/2012 9:55:42 PM PST
by
Kathy in Alaska
((~ RIP Brian...heaven's gain...the Coast Guard lost a good one.~))
To: BIGLOOK; b4its2late; The Mayor
107
posted on
12/30/2012 9:57:37 PM PST
by
Kathy in Alaska
((~ RIP Brian...heaven's gain...the Coast Guard lost a good one.~))
To: MarineBrat; skimask; NRA1995
108
posted on
12/30/2012 10:02:22 PM PST
by
Kathy in Alaska
((~ RIP Brian...heaven's gain...the Coast Guard lost a good one.~))
To: spel_grammer_an_punct_polise; trussell
109
posted on
12/30/2012 10:21:52 PM PST
by
Kathy in Alaska
((~ RIP Brian...heaven's gain...the Coast Guard lost a good one.~))
To: Colonel_Flagg; upsdriver; SoldierDad; daler; EGPWS
110
posted on
12/30/2012 10:24:06 PM PST
by
Kathy in Alaska
((~ RIP Brian...heaven's gain...the Coast Guard lost a good one.~))
To: Lady Jag; Radix; NonValueAdded
111
posted on
12/30/2012 10:29:18 PM PST
by
Kathy in Alaska
((~ RIP Brian...heaven's gain...the Coast Guard lost a good one.~))
To: onyx
112
posted on
12/30/2012 10:34:42 PM PST
by
Kathy in Alaska
((~ RIP Brian...heaven's gain...the Coast Guard lost a good one.~))
To: drew; SoldierDad; ninergold3
113
posted on
12/30/2012 10:36:52 PM PST
by
Kathy in Alaska
((~ RIP Brian...heaven's gain...the Coast Guard lost a good one.~))
To: Mrs.Nooseman; NavyCanDo; bannie
114
posted on
12/30/2012 10:44:09 PM PST
by
Kathy in Alaska
((~ RIP Brian...heaven's gain...the Coast Guard lost a good one.~))
To: beachn4fun; ConorMacNessa
115
posted on
12/30/2012 10:50:14 PM PST
by
Kathy in Alaska
((~ RIP Brian...heaven's gain...the Coast Guard lost a good one.~))
To: Lady Jag
116
posted on
12/31/2012 1:13:23 AM PST
by
E.G.C.
To: Kathy in Alaska
Hello, Ma! Aren’t you kind! That little bear ran for 2,000 yards this season. :)
117
posted on
12/31/2012 7:18:14 AM PST
by
Colonel_Flagg
("Don't be afraid to see what you see." -- Ronald Reagan)
To: Lady Jag
It was 11 degrees here at 6AM.
Our back yard:
118
posted on
12/31/2012 9:23:53 AM PST
by
trisham
(Zen is not easy. It takes effort to attain nothingness. And then what do you have? Bupkis.)
To: Kathy in Alaska
I chatted with a few members of the chorus. But remember, this was 20 years ago, long before all that high tech stuff permitted flash mobs. I accidently set one off by just whistling a tune in front of the wrong — or right — people.
119
posted on
12/31/2012 9:29:28 AM PST
by
Publius
("A centralized government is a centralized evil." -- Gen. John Graham)
To: Kathy in Alaska
Thanks Kathy, I hope your New Year is very bright and shiny. Anchorage is probably decked out this time of year. Be safe.
Michael
120
posted on
12/31/2012 10:11:45 AM PST
by
eyedigress
((zOld storm chaser from the west)/?)
Navigation: use the links below to view more comments.
first previous 1-20 ... 61-80, 81-100, 101-120, 121-127 next last
Disclaimer:
Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual
posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its
management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the
exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.
FreeRepublic.com is powered by software copyright 2000-2008 John Robinson