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Teach Me to Listen, Lord – John Veltri – Quote of the Week

November 6, 2010 By Jean Wise

Teach me to listen, O God, to those nearest me, my family, my friends, my co-workers.

Help me to be aware that no matter what words I hear, the message is, “Accept the person I am. Listen to me.”

Teach me to listen, my caring God, to those far from me– the whisper of the hopeless, the plea of the forgotten, the cry of the anguished.

Teach me to listen, O God my Mother, to myself. Help me to be less afraid to trust the voice inside — in the deepest part of me.

Teach me to listen, Holy Spirit, for your voice — in busyness and in boredom, in certainty and doubt, in noise and in silence.

Teach me, Lord, to listen.  Amen.

This prayer was composed by John Veltri, S.J., a Canadian spiritual director and expert guide for those presenting the Spiritual Exercises.  

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  1. blankDesiray says

    November 7, 2010 at 12:57 pm

    This is just amazing my post for today is about He that has an ear hear what the Spirit is saying…God is good

  2. blankKaren says

    November 6, 2010 at 3:42 pm

    Thanks Jeanie, I hadn’t heard that one either.

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