Seeking God's Face is a daily, contemplative devotional — rooted in the ancient traditions of the Divine Office and "lectio divina" — guiding you to renewed communion with God through sacred Scripture and universal prayer.

October 23, 2023

— Ordinary Time • Week 22 • Day 2

Invitation Psalm 66:20

"Praise be to God, who has not rejected my prayer or withheld his love from me!"

Quiet

Bible Song Psalm 107:1-9

Give thanks to the Lord, for he is good;
his love endures forever.

Let the redeemed of the Lord tell their story —
those he redeemed from the hand of the foe,

those he gathered from the lands,
from east and west, from north and south.

Some wandered in desert wastelands,
finding no way to a city where they could settle.

They were hungry and thirsty,
and their lives ebbed away.

Then they cried out to the Lord in their trouble,
and he delivered them from their distress.

He led them by a straight way
to a city where they could settle.

Let them give thanks to the Lord for his unfailing love
and his wonderful deeds for mankind,

for he satisfies the thirsty
and fills the hungry with good things.

Bible Reading Lamentations 3:19-26

I remember my affliction and my wandering, the bitterness and the gall.

I well remember them, and my soul is downcast within me.

Yet this I call to mind and therefore I have hope:

Because of the Lord's great love we are not consumed, for his compassions never fail.

They are new every morning; great is your faithfulness.

I say to myself, "The Lord is my portion; therefore I will wait for him."

The Lord is good to those whose hope is in him, to the one who seeks him;

it is good to wait quietly for the salvation of the Lord.

Quiet

Dwelling

Become aware of God's loving presence and read again ... what in God's Word has caught your heart's attention? Is there a command to be obeyed, a comfort to be savored? Talk to God about the Scripture you've just read ... yield yourself to God and enjoy his presence.

Free Prayer

  • for our role as caretakers of creation
  • for wise stewardship of our physical resources
  • for enjoyment of creation

Prayer HC 1

Faithful Savior, teach me what it means to have you as my portion, finding my deepest satisfaction in you. Show me the way to find in you my only comfort in life — whatever it brings — and in death. Lead me to hope in you and know what it is for my soul to be well in all things. Amen.

Blessing Matthew 5:8

"Blessed are the pure in heart, for they will see God."