When It's Hard · Fear & Worry
Anxiety & Worry
For when you feel: anxious, worrying, overthinking, spiraling, restless mind
Be nothing solicitous: but in every thing, by prayer and supplication, with thanksgiving, let your petitions be made known to God. And the peace of God, which surpasseth all understanding, keep your hearts and minds in Christ Jesus.
The MinuteHomily
It is late, and the same worry has come back around again, the mortgage or the test result or the text they have not answered. Notice what Paul does not tell you. He never says your worries are silly, or that strong faith never trembles. He says to carry them somewhere. In every thing, he writes, "let your requests be made known unto God." Worry rehearses the problem over and over, but prayer relocates it. And the promise is not that everything resolves by morning. The promise is a guard, a peace that "passeth all understanding" standing watch over your heart and mind like a sentry at the gate. You do not have to understand your way to peace tonight. You only have to hand it over.
By the MinuteHomily editors
A prayer for this moment
Father, I hand You the things I keep picking back up. Stand guard over my heart and my mind tonight, and teach me to trade rehearsing for asking. Amen.
“Pray, hope, and don't worry.”
St. Padre Pio
Hymns for this moment
“Be Not Afraid” · Bob Dufford, SJ
“Litany of Trust” · Sister Faustina Maria Pia
One small step
Name one worry out loud to God, just one, before you scroll anything else.
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