Weekly Practice 10/19/26
Make every effort to do or reflect upon this week’s practice with others.
Prayer
Lord, make me an instrument of your peace:
where there is hatred, let me sow love;
where there is injury, pardon;
where there is doubt, faith;
where there is despair, hope;
where there is darkness, light;
where there is sadness, joy.
O divine Master, grant that I may not so much seek
to be consoled as to console,
to be understood as to understand,
to be loved as to love.
For it is in giving that we receive,
it is in pardoning that we are pardoned,
and it is in dying that we are born to eternal life.
Scripture
Ephesians 5:11-14 NTFE
So, then, don’t get involved in the works of darkness, which all come to nothing. Instead, expose them! The things they do in secret, you see, are shameful even to talk about. But everything becomes visible when it’s exposed to the light, since everything that is visible is light. That’s why it says:
Wake up, you sleeper!
Rise up from the dead!
The Messiah will shine on you!
Practice
Community (& Confession)
This week, watch or listen to this episode from Practicing the Way’s “Rule of Life” podcast: Community 03: Overcoming Shame - The Ancient Enemy of Community.
Then, do one of these two things:
If you don’t have a person whom you deeply trust yet, hang out with a friend and simply be honest about what’s been hard for you this week.
If you do have a person whom you deeply trust, practice confession with them this week. Be vulnerable about the ways you’ve messed up, or have been tempted to drift from who God has created you to be. Confession is scary business because we all fear rejection. But exposing ourselves to the Light is ultimately what drives away the dark. May God give us courage and grace for ourselves and for one another.
