‘Therefore I tell you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat or what you will drink, or about your body, what you will wear. Is not life more than food, and the body more than clothing? Look at the birds of the air; they neither sow nor reap nor gather into barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not of more value than they? And can any of you by worrying add a single hour to your span of life? And why do you worry about clothing? Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow; they neither toil nor spin, yet I tell you, even Solomon in all his glory was not clothed like one of these. But if God so clothes the grass of the field, which is alive today and tomorrow is thrown into the oven, will he not much more clothe you—you of little faith? Therefore do not worry, saying, “What will we eat?” or “What will we drink?” or “What will we wear?” For it is the Gentiles who strive for all these things; and indeed your heavenly Father knows that you need all these things. But strive first for the kingdom of God and his righteousness, and all these things will be given to you as well.
‘So do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will bring worries of its own. Today’s trouble is enough for today. Matthew 6:24-34
Today's Trouble Is Enough
O Great Creator who paints beauty everywhere
weeds have grown up in holy and sacred places
all our labor or reconciliation seems in vain
and the virus threatens to undo all gatherings.
We feel overwhelmed with the troubles
people who are plagued by many worries
the selfish and the arrogant refuse to see
that we are interdependent and one family.
You created us, diverse and gifted in beauty
with resources and talents enough to share
yet we would hoard and hide it for ourselves
turning the strangers into our enemies.
Make us one people today, dear Lord
make us worry only about the whole family
give us your beauty and generous creativity
that we might be woven together in love. Amen
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