Tuesday | May 28, 2024
1 Peter 1:16
…Be holy because I am holy.
8th Week in Ordinary Time
Small Actions
I have an ordinary day planned. I am going for a haircut, to the bank and then, I hope, to spend time writing to prepare for an upcoming retreat. I have no specific idea of how to be holy today. How can I follow Jesus’ command in my commonplace life?
I can begin in prayer with gratitude for the day and for the blessings of home and family. I can drive the speed limit, let someone go in front of me in line and smile at a stranger. I can tip the stylist a little extra because she’s a single mom raising three kids. I can take the call from my depressed friend, even though I have work to do. I can roll my neighbor’s garbage cart back down her drive. I can take time to ask my husband about his sore knee. I can break for a walk in the neighboring park on this budding spring day.
Small things, holy things.
Lord, help me to be holy in the day-to-day.
- Jennifer Christ
1 Peter 1:10-16 • Psalm 98:1-4 • Mark 10:28-31
