Lord is there too much You in my life? Are  You more in my mind than a part of my whole being? Do I set You before others rather than be filled with You as I stand before others?

I am Yours. I am through with being the owner of this body. This life. You are the owner and I the servant. But what would my owner, my mster command of His servant. He says, "Do unto  as you would have them do unto you." He says, "Love as I have loved you" and love your enemies the same way. Your servant Francis gave his all, acting out Your love totally and through embracing acts of love and charity. In joy. Can I give as he?

My Lord, I had an epiphany as I knelt to You in prayer the other night. I felt so lost in my translation of my love. I could not be seen as I believed and the anguish was great. Then I thought of You on the cross, true God and true man. How it must have hurt so deeply that this people You had come to save had so misunderstood and used You. That part of You that was man must have dwelt upon this irony, though it was a momentary expression within the mission about which You were about  - Your Father's work.

Then I remembered impassioned cry, "My God, my God, why have you forsaken me!?" My sorrow was at that moment joined with Yours. The ultimate love misunderstood by His people and even put to death for His purpose to fulfill their desires. Peace filled me as I considered my frustration set against that moment's outcry that joined mankind's frustration - their salvation crucified!

Lord, may I love You with all that I am. And may that love find its fullest expression  among those closest to me. I find myself inadequate to the task because the grand mystery of Your love fills my mind and my actions do not render well Your simple love, even to my  spouse. Help me to follow Your servant Francis in his ample expression of Your love that expressed itself through the most simple, loving acts. It did not labor over thought but loved, moment by moment. May that be my love, too.