Holy Spirit of God, help me listen as one who is taught.

Isaiah 50:4-7
Holy Spirit of God, help me listen as one who is taught...
Jesus showed us that being a teacher and a preacher – a proclaimer – of the mercy of God does not preclude being a student. Indeed our Lord, modelled by prayer a man whose ‘ear is wakened to listen as those who are taught’. If Jesus as the Son of God who was the Son of humankind spent time humbly listening to his Father, I too, all the more, need to have enough focus (and humility) to hear,  receive and learn the greater wisdom of God.  In this way I, like the Master, can consistently be renewed to extend the mercy of God into the world by my life and my attention.  Am I open to being a student of God’s truth and love, moment by moment, again and again? Holy Spirit of God, help me listen as one who is taught.

Let hearts that seek the Lord rejoice; turn to the Lord and his strength; constantly seek his face. (Psalm 104)

You have made us for Yourself and our hearts are restless until they find their rest in You.
St. Augustine of Hippo
                                                                                                                
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Soli gloriam dei.