Your kingdom come, your will be done.

One of the greatest challenges of following the way of Jesus is learning that our lives are to be given over to God's way.  I am not suggesting that we all become preachers or monks; I am saying that we must be confronted with what it means for us to be whatever we are--mother, father, accountant, salesperson, teacher, friend--as if it were Jesus being that person.

To do so means that we must first let go of our expectations and relinquish our will.  This particular season presents a time to engage with that letting go and receiving God's blessing in being more fully Jesus in our lives.

Here is a prayer from Blaise Pascal that addresses our relinquishment:

O Lord, let me not henceforth desire health or life, except to spend them for Thee, with Thee, and in Thee. Thou alone knowest what is good for me; do, therefore, what seemeth Thee best. Give to me, or take from me; conform my will to Thine; and grant that, with humble and perfect submission, and in holy confidence, I may receive the orders of Thine eternal Providence; and may equally adore all that comes to me from Thee; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.