RESTORE
This chapter from the BFG Handbook (Christian Edition of the Tao Te Ching) presents the gospel through a new "Expression" of God’s Love to RESTORE the Truth.
Chapter 61 from the BFG Handbook (Christian Edition of the Tao Te Ching) presents the gospel through a new “Expression” of God’s Love to RESTORE people to the Truth.
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Chapter 61: Honoring the Lowly
The great kingdom is like the low lands where rivers flow 1
It is the central meeting-ground of the world
It is the female reservoir of the world
The masculine honors the feminine for her stillness 2
She uses stillness to keep the lower position
Similarly, a great kingdom that takes the low place of a small kingdom gains the honor of the smaller
Likewise, a small kingdom that remains in the low place gains the honor of a great kingdom
One gains honor by taking the lowest place and the other gains honor by remaining low
A great kingdom desires to grow the population it nourishes 3
And a small kingdom desires to join by serving the greater
Both kingdoms achieve what they desire
Thus, whoever takes the lowest place will be honored by the other 2
Where the Rivers Gather
“The great kingdom is like the low lands where rivers flow
It is the central meeting-ground of the world
It is the female reservoir of the world”
Chapter 61 of the Tao Te Ching, viewed through a Christian lens, resonates deeply with the biblical principle of humility and servanthood. The imagery of a great kingdom being like lowlands where rivers flow illustrates the idea that true greatness is found in being a place of gathering, nourishment, and humility. This aligns with Genesis 2:8-15, where God places Adam in the garden to tend and cultivate it, showing that leadership is about stewardship rather than dominance. A kingdom, like a fertile valley, is most fruitful when it serves others rather than exalting itself.
Notice where the water goes. Rivers never run uphill. They flow down until they find the lowest ground, and that low land turns green, fertile and full of life. In the garden of Genesis, the chapter’s first footnote, a single river flowed out of Eden and spread out to water the land. Life moves from God downward and outward, to whoever is low enough to receive it.
“A river flowed out of Eden to water the garden, and there it divided and became four rivers.”
Genesis 2:10ESV
The chapter calls this low land “the central meeting-ground of the world.” People settle where the water is. For a Christian this points to the Church, where God gathers people of every language, background and story into one family. No one has to climb to get there. The door is at ground level, open to the poor, the tired and the searching.
It is also “the female reservoir of the world”: a place that holds water in order to give it away. The Church is called our mother because she carries the life of Christ and pours it out in Baptism, in the Word and in the sacraments. And Jesus promises that this living water will not stay in one place. It will flow from within everyone who believes.
“…As the scripture has said, ‘Out of the believer’s heart shall flow rivers of living water.’”
John 7:38NRSVue
“To reunite all his children, scattered and led astray by sin, the Father willed to call the whole of humanity together into his Son’s Church. The Church is the place where humanity must rediscover its unity and salvation.”Catechism 845
“Salvation comes from God alone; but because we receive the life of faith through the Church, she is our mother…”Catechism 169
Think about the kitchen in a busy home. It is not the fanciest room, but everyone ends up there: kids doing homework, someone making coffee, a friend leaning on the counter. Nobody planned it; it is simply where life flows. Chapter 61 says the great kingdom is like that, “the central meeting-ground of the world.” Some people are like that kitchen too. They are not the loudest or the most impressive, but everyone ends up talking to them, because they are low enough to reach and they always have something to give.
Try this today: Be a meeting-ground today: put your phone away and give the next person who stops by your full attention.
The Quiet Strength of Stillness
“The masculine honors the feminine for her stillness
She uses stillness to keep the lower position”
The passage emphasizes the honor given to the feminine for her stillness, which in biblical terms reflects the virtue of meekness and trust in God. Jesus himself embodies this principle, teaching that “whoever humbles himself will be exalted” (Luke 14:10-11). Just as a great kingdom gains honor by taking the lowest position, so too did Christ, who “made himself nothing, taking the very nature of a servant” (Philippians 2:7). In the Christian life, humility is not weakness but the path to true honor in God’s kingdom.
Stillness is not the same as doing nothing. A deep lake is calm on top while it holds enough water to feed a whole valley. The chapter’s stillness is a heart that trusts God enough to stop pushing. Isaiah told an anxious, scheming people that their real strength was not in clever plans or fast horses but in quiet trust.
“…“In returning and rest you shall be saved; in quietness and in trust shall be your strength.” But you were unwilling”
Isaiah 30:15ESV
The Church sees this quiet strength most clearly in Mary. She did not reach for the spotlight. She “But Mary treasured up all these things, pondering them in her heart” (Luke 2:19, ESV), and she called herself the Lord’s lowly servant. Because she kept the lower position, God did great things through her, and every generation honors her for it.
“for he has looked on the humble estate of his servant. For behold, from now on all generations will call me blessed”
Luke 1:48ESV
“The masculine honors the feminine for her stillness” does not rank one sex above the other. Men and women share the same dignity before God. The line honors a listening, receiving strength that every disciple, man or woman, needs: the willingness to be still, to receive, and to stay low enough for God to lead.
“Mary is the perfect Orans (prayer), a figure of the Church. When we pray to her, we are adhering with her to the plan of the Father, who sends his Son to save all men.”Catechism 2679
“The prayers of the Virgin Mary, in her Fiat and Magnificat, are characterized by the generous offering of her whole being in faith.”Catechism 2622
A meeting goes sideways. Someone blames your team, and you can feel the reply forming: sharp, clever and ready to fire. Or a sibling texts something hurtful, and your thumbs are already moving. Chapter 61 offers another way: “She uses stillness to keep the lower position.” Stillness is not losing. It is refusing to let pride drive. You take a breath, you pray for a second, and you answer later with a clear head. Often the quiet person in the room ends up being the one everyone trusts.
Try this today: When you feel a quick reply rising today, wait one full breath and silently pray, “Jesus, make me still.”
When the Great Bend Low
“Similarly, a great kingdom that takes the low place of a small kingdom gains the honor of the smaller
Likewise, a small kingdom that remains in the low place gains the honor of a great kingdom
One gains honor by taking the lowest place and the other gains honor by remaining low”
Next the chapter describes two kingdoms meeting: “a great kingdom that takes the low place of a small kingdom gains the honor of the smaller.” Picture someone with power choosing to stand at eye level with someone who has little. They lose nothing real. Instead they win trust, gratitude and respect that money and force can never buy. This is how Jesus treated people. He ate with outcasts, touched lepers and served His own followers.
“For who is greater, the one who is at the table or the one who serves? Is it not the one at the table? But I am among you as one who serves.”
Luke 22:27NRSVue
Then the chapter turns to the small: “Likewise, a small kingdom that remains in the low place gains the honor of a great kingdom.” There is a humility for the strong and a humility for the small. The strong must be willing to step down. The small must be willing to stay content, without envy, bitterness or grabbing. It is one virtue wearing two different coats.
“One gains honor by taking the lowest place and the other gains honor by remaining low.” When both sides live this way, rivalry turns into respect, and no one has to fight for a place. St. Paul gives the Christian version in a single line.
“…Outdo one another in showing honor.”
Romans 12:10ESV
“…a community of a higher order should not interfere in the internal life of a community of a lower order, depriving the latter of its functions, but rather should support it in case of need and help to co-ordinate its activity with the activities of the rest of society, always with a view to the common good.”Catechism 1883
“The principle of solidarity, also articulated in terms of ‘friendship’ or ‘social charity,’ is a direct demand of human and Christian brotherhood.”Catechism 1939
The Church calls the first of these subsidiarity: the bigger and stronger should support the smaller, not swallow it. It is Chapter 61’s great kingdom taking the low place, written into the Church’s social teaching.
A new hire in her first week at a busy restaurant is drowning: orders stacking up, dishes everywhere. The owner walks in, sees it, rolls up his sleeves and starts scraping plates beside her. He never mentions it. Months later she still talks about that night, and she would do almost anything for that place. That is Chapter 61: “a great kingdom that takes the low place of a small kingdom gains the honor of the smaller.” Whether you are the boss, the parent or the oldest sibling, bending low builds a loyalty no title can.
Try this today: If you have any kind of authority today, at work, at home or in a group, do one task that is usually below your role.
Feeding the Many, Serving the Whole
“A great kingdom desires to grow the population it nourishes
And a small kingdom desires to join by serving the greater”
The interplay between great and small kingdoms mirrors the biblical relationship between leadership and servanthood. A great kingdom, representing Christ and His church, grows not through force but by embracing and nourishing those who come to it. Likewise, a small kingdom, symbolic of the believer or a humble servant, finds its honor by willingly submitting to and serving the greater kingdom of God. This reflects Proverbs 14:28, which states that “a large population is a king’s glory,” indicating that true leadership flourishes when it prioritizes the well-being of others.
How does Christ’s kingdom nourish its people? First with His own life. Jesus did not grow His following by force or flattery. He fed the hungry crowds on the hillside, and then He gave Himself as food. The Church grows the same way today, gathering people around the Word of God and the altar, where Christ feeds His people with His Body and Blood.
“…I am the bread of life. Whoever comes to me will never be hungry, and whoever believes in me will never be thirsty.”
John 6:35NRSVue
“And a small kingdom desires to join by serving the greater.” Joining Christ’s kingdom is never just signing up. We belong by bringing our gifts and using them for others. A teenager who plays guitar at Mass, a retiree who drives a neighbor to the doctor, a parent who teaches a child to pray: each small gift serves the whole, and the whole grows stronger.
“…”
1 Peter 4:10NRSVue
“In virtue of this catholicity each individual part contributes through its special gifts to the good of the other parts and of the whole Church.”Second Vatican Council, Lumen Gentium 13
“The unity of the Mystical Body: the Eucharist makes the Church. Those who receive the Eucharist are united more closely to Christ. Through it Christ unites them to all the faithful in one body—the Church.”Catechism 1396
Some workplaces treat people like numbers to hit a target. Others feel like places where people actually grow. The difference is usually simple: does the leader feed people or use them? Chapter 61 says “a great kingdom desires to grow the population it nourishes.” The same is true of a parish, a youth team or a household. And if you are not the one in charge, the chapter has a word for you too: “a small kingdom desires to join by serving the greater.” Your quiet help is part of what makes the whole thing grow.
Try this today: Offer one of your gifts to your parish or community this week, even something small like setting up chairs or welcoming a newcomer.
The Lowest Place, the Highest Honor
“Both kingdoms achieve what they desire
Thus, whoever takes the lowest place will be honored by the other”
Ultimately, this chapter affirms Christ’s teaching that “whoever takes the lowest place will be honored” (Luke 14:11). The path to greatness in God’s kingdom is found not in striving for power but in embracing humility, servanthood, and the willingness to take the lowest position. Just as Jesus washed the feet of His disciples, Christians are called to follow His example, knowing that in God’s economy, the last shall be first and the humble shall be exalted.
“Both kingdoms achieve what they desire.” In the world, someone has to lose for someone else to win. In God’s kingdom, humility is not a contest. When the strong serve and the small stay faithful, both are blessed. St. Paul saw the Church as one body, where the honor of one member is the joy of all.
“If one member suffers, all suffer together; if one member is honored, all rejoice together.”
1 Corinthians 12:26ESV
Notice, too, that the honor comes “by the other.” We do not crown ourselves. Jesus took the lowest place of all on the Cross, and it was the Father who raised Him up and gave Him the name above every name. Our honor is safe in the same hands. We go low; God does the lifting, in His time and in His way.
“Humble yourselves before the Lord, and he will exalt you.”
James 4:10NRSVue
“…the Father manifested the sovereignty of Jesus by raising him from the dead and exalting him into his glory.”Catechism 449
“…it is a grace to be sought in prayer: ‘Lord, when humiliations come, help me to know that I am following in your footsteps’.”Pope Francis, Gaudete et Exsultate 120
Your name gets left off the project you basically carried. A friend gets the invite you were hoping for. Someone else takes credit for the idea you shared. It stings, and everything in you wants to set the record straight. Chapter 61 does not say the hurt is fake. It says something bigger: “whoever takes the lowest place will be honored by the other.” You can speak up when fairness needs it, but you do not have to fight for every scrap of credit. God sees the hidden work, and He is the one who lifts up.
Try this today: The next time you are overlooked, pray, “Father, I trust You with my honor,” and do one kind thing for the person who got the credit.
Living the Chapter
The whole chapter, put into practice
Chapter 61 is lived wherever we choose the low land over the high ground. At home, it means being the one who listens first and serves without keeping score. At work or school, it means using our strengths to lift those who are struggling, and staying faithful when no one is watching. In the parish, it means making room at the table for the newcomer, the lonely and the poor.
“For the Son of Man came not to be served but to serve and to give his life a ransom for many.”
Mark 10:45NRSVue
None of this happens by willpower alone. The Holy Spirit is like the river that runs into low places. He fills a humble heart with Christ’s own love, and then that love flows out again to others. Every Mass, every quiet prayer and every hidden act of service lets the living water run a little further.
“The Spirit, in fact, is that interior power which harmonizes their hearts with Christ’s heart and moves them to love their brethren as Christ loved them, when he bent down to wash the feet of the disciples…”Pope Benedict XVI, Deus Caritas Est 19
“The Eucharist commits us to the poor. To receive in truth the Body and Blood of Christ given up for us, we must recognize Christ in the poorest, his brethren…”Catechism 1397
Picture an ordinary week lived Chapter 61’s way. Monday you let a stressed coworker vent, and you simply listen. Wednesday you take the late shift with the baby so your spouse can sleep. Friday you sit with the kid who eats lunch alone. Sunday you hold the door at Mass and actually learn the newcomer’s name. None of it trends. None of it gets a like. But each time, you become a little more like “the low lands where rivers flow,” the place where God’s life reaches someone who needed it.
Try this today: Tonight, ask God, “Where can I take the lowest place tomorrow?” and do the first thing that comes to mind.
RENEWAL
The Trinitarian M.A.P. is the method for RENEWAL, where God’s Love shapes our MINDSET, Trust in the Son directs our AIM, and Faith in the Holy Spirit guides our PRACTICE.
This chapter offers a new “Method” for the New Evangelization to RENEW our hearts and minds through the Trinitarian M.A.P. Bring this chapter into your day with the BFG Companion App. Pick Chapter 61 and an area of your life, and get Guidance made for you.
Renewal starts in the mind, and Chapter 61 opens with an upside-down picture of greatness: “The great kingdom is like the low lands where rivers flow.” We tend to think great means high: the top floor, the top of the rankings, the loudest voice in the room. But water never gathers on a mountaintop. It runs down to the lowest ground, and that is where everything grows. Jesus thinks the same way: “whoever wants to become great among you must be your servant” (Matthew 20:26). A renewed mind stops measuring greatness by height and starts measuring it by how much life flows through us to others.
The chapter adds a quieter truth: “She uses stillness to keep the lower position.” Pride is noisy. It has to defend itself, explain itself and win every argument. Stillness lets us stay low without feeling small, because our worth is safe with God. “Be still, and know that I am God” (Psalm 46:10). When we stop rushing to prove ourselves, we find that the low place is not a place of defeat. It is the place where God’s peace can finally reach us.
Try this: The next time you feel the urge to prove you are right, stay quiet for a moment and pray, “Lord, You know. That is enough.”
Matthew 20:26NRSVue “It will not be so among you, but whoever wishes to be great among you must be your servant”
Psalm 46:10NRSVue ““Be still, and know that I am God! I am exalted among the nations; I am exalted in the earth.””
More Scripture: Isaiah 30:15 · Psalm 131:2
A renewed mind needs a direction, and Chapter 61 aims us at the low place on purpose: “a great kingdom that takes the low place of a small kingdom gains the honor of the smaller.” This is not the false humility of pretending we have no gifts. It is choosing to use what we have for those who have less. Jesus, the greatest of all, said, “I am among you as one who serves” (Luke 22:27). So we aim our strengths downward: our skills, our time and our influence, pointed at lifting someone else.
The chapter also gives an aim for growth: “A great kingdom desires to grow the population it nourishes.” Healthy growth is not about collecting followers or climbing over others. It is about feeding people. The small kingdom has an aim too: it “desires to join by serving the greater.” Each of us is both. Some days we lead and must nourish; other days we follow and must serve. Either way the aim is the same: to belong to Christ’s greater kingdom and help it grow by giving, not grasping.
Try this: Pick one person this week who has less than you in some way, less time, less help or less confidence, and aim one of your strengths at them.
Luke 22:27NRSVue “For who is greater, the one who is at the table or the one who serves? Is it not the one at the table? But I am among you as one who serves.”
Proverbs 14:28NRSVue “The glory of a king is a multitude of people; without people a prince is ruined.”
More Scripture: 1 Peter 4:10 · Acts 20:35
Renewal becomes real in ordinary choices. Chapter 61 ends with a promise: “Thus, whoever takes the lowest place will be honored by the other.” Jesus told the same story at a dinner party: do not grab the best seat; “take the lowest place,” and let the host invite you higher (Luke 14:10). In practice that looks like letting someone else go first in line or in traffic, giving credit to a coworker, or taking the least popular chore at home without announcing it. The Holy Spirit grows humility through small, repeated choices like these.
The chapter also says, “One gains honor by taking the lowest place and the other gains honor by remaining low.” Some days we practice the first: stepping down from a position we could hold over someone. Other days we practice the second: staying content when we are overlooked, without sulking or scheming to be noticed. Both are hard, and both are holy. Jesus washed His disciples’ feet and then said, “For I have set you an example, that you also should do as I have done to you” (John 13:15, NRSVue).
Try this: Today, do one helpful thing at home or at work that no one will notice, and offer it quietly to God.
Luke 14:10-11NRSVue “But when you are invited, go and sit down at the lowest place, so that when your host comes, he may say to you, ‘Friend, move up higher’; then you will be honored in the presence of all who sit at the table with you. For all who exalt themselves will be humbled, and those who humble themselves will be exalted.”
John 13:14-15NRSVue “So if I, your Lord and Teacher, have washed your feet, you also ought to wash one another’s feet. For I have set you an example, that you also should do as I have done to you.”
More Scripture: Romans 12:10 · James 4:10
In short: think humbly, aim at what is eternal, live by the Spirit. Be low like the valley where rivers gather, keep your heart still, and serve the people God gives you, trusting that whoever takes the lowest place will be honored.
RESPOND
Renewal brings the transformation of our spirit with ardor, empowering us to RESPOND to the call of holiness and make disciples of all nations. This encourages meaningful dialogue to embrace shared truths that transcend cultural and religious boundaries.
Renewal does not end with us. When God fills a heart, He sends it out, the way a river runs down to give life to the land. Chapter 61 says “the great kingdom is like the low lands where rivers flow,” “the central meeting-ground of the world.” A missionary heart is like that valley: low enough for anyone to reach, open enough for grace to flow through. We do not win people from above; we welcome them from below.
In 1983, Saint John Paul II called the Church to an evangelization that is “new in its ardor, new in its methods, new in its expression.” The Gospel never changes. The way we carry it must be alive for our time. Chapter 61 shows why: in a culture that climbs, competes and shouts for attention, people need fresh words for a greatness that bends low.
Ardor is the fire of a heart that has been loved by God. People feel it before they hear a single word. Chapter 61 says “she uses stillness to keep the lower position.” The fire of the Spirit is not always loud; often it burns quietly in a heart that does not need to be first.
Use the words people use today: simple, honest and personal. Share your story, not a lecture. Chapter 61 says a great kingdom “takes the low place of a small kingdom,” so speak about faith as a friend at eye level, never from above.
Meet people where they are: on the phone in their hand. The BFG Handbook and the BFG Companion turn one conversation into a path to Christ and His Church. Chapter 61 says the great kingdom “desires to grow the population it nourishes.” Our tools are for feeding people, not for counting them.
Use the words people use today: simple, honest and personal. Share your story, not a lecture. Chapter 61 says a great kingdom “takes the low place of a small kingdom,” so speak about faith as a friend at eye level, never from above.
What my life was like before I really met Jesus.
How He met me, and the moment things began to change.
What is different now, and the hope I carry. When did someone with more power, knowledge or money than you take “the low place” to help you, and how did it change you?
Meet people where they are: on the phone in their hand. The BFG Handbook and the BFG Companion turn one conversation into a path to Christ and His Church. Chapter 61 says the great kingdom “desires to grow the population it nourishes.” Our tools are for feeding people, not for counting them.
Every chapter has its own song and is written in a language people of every faith can understand. A doorway for dialogue. Chapter 61, Honoring the Lowly, helps anyone who feels overlooked, anyone who leads others, and anyone tired of competing to be seen.
A friend shares a struggle. Together, pick a chapter and an area of life (start with Chapter 61 when someone feels overlooked or stuck at the bottom, or when someone in charge wants to lead like a servant). In seconds: a reflection, the M.A.P., a saint, a prayer, Scripture, a song and a church nearby. Send it by email, PDF or a share link.
Hard question? Ask it together. Answers are grounded in Catholic teaching, the saints and the BFG Handbook. Talk or type. Try asking together: “Why does Jesus say the lowest place is the place of honor?”
Pray the Rosary with a guided voice, the daily mysteries and beads that follow along. Pray it with someone, even over the phone. In the Joyful Mysteries, Mary, the lowly servant whom God lifted up, shows how stillness keeps “the lower position” and receives God’s greatest gift.
Catholic churches near anyone, with Mass and Confession times, directions, and one tap to add a time to the calendar. Every conversation can end at a church door. There Jesus, the greatest of all, takes the lowest place again, coming to us as bread to nourish His people.
Morning, midday and evening prayer reminders, a daily streak and a steady prayer rhythm help a new believer keep going. A daily pause of stillness, the kind that “keeps the lower position” and lets God speak first.
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Jesus sent His apostles first to Jerusalem, then to Judea and Samaria, then to the ends of the earth (Acts 1:8). Start where you are. Chapter 61 calls the great kingdom “the central meeting-ground of the world,” so your table, your desk and your group chat can become a meeting-ground where people feel welcome.
- Pray the Rosary together on Pray My Rosary.
- Bless your children at bedtime.
- Share a Guidance with a spouse or child who is struggling.
- Find Sunday Mass times together with Church Finder.
- Read Chapter 61 at dinner and let each person name one way someone in the family served them this week.
- Text a verse from your Guidance.
- Ask, “How can I pray for you?” and pray right then.
- Invite a friend to Mass, then go for coffee.
- Send the line: “Whoever takes the lowest place will be honored by the other.”
- Be the calm, kind one.
- Pray on your lunch break with a reminder.
- Start a small chapter group that meets once a week. Begin with Chapter 61, Honoring the Lowly.
- Respect the rules: invite, never push.
- Listen for the moment: “Things have been hard.”
- Offer: “Can I send you something that helped me?”
- Share the Chapter 61 song.
- Ask good questions and really listen.
- Share your three-part story.
- Open Ask BFG together when a question comes up.
- When a friend feels invisible at work or school, share “She uses stillness to keep the lower position,” and remind them that God sees the quiet ones.
- Visit the sick, the elderly and the lonely; pray the Rosary with them.
- Serve at a food bank.
- Welcome newcomers at Mass.
- Join your parish evangelization team.
- Ask shops, cafés and offices to display a BFG card with a QR code.
- Offer a short lunch talk on faith at work.
- Business owners: offer the Companion to staff as a free gift, never a requirement.
- Go where people already gather, and be the friendly one who listens.
- Pray quietly for the people around you.
- When a talk turns real, share a Guidance or the chapter song.
- Wear or carry a simple sign of your faith, like a cross or a rosary, that can start a conversation.
- At the gym or on a team, notice who racks the weights or carries the gear, thank them, and share that Chapter 61 honors whoever “takes the lowest place.”
- Host a Chapter 61 “Honoring the Lowly” night, a Handbook chapter night, a Rosary night or an “Ask Anything” faith night.
- Show the Companion on a big screen and let people try it.
- We did this at our free conference, The New Evangelization in the Age of AI, at Christ Cathedral.
- Share a Guidance, a chapter song or a Scripture card. Try: “Whoever takes the lowest place will be honored by the other.”
- One post can reach someone you will never meet.
- Join a parish or diocese mission trip.
- The Companion speaks 48 languages, so you leave behind something that keeps speaking after you go home.
- Rivers that gather in the low lands are known in every land, a natural bridge to Christ, who came down to serve all peoples.
- Your parish ministries, the Legion of Mary, the Society of St. Vincent de Paul, Catholic Charities, prison, hospital and campus ministries, and mission groups.
- Bring the BFG tools to their work.
You may not be noticed. You may serve in places no one applauds. But Chapter 61 promises that “whoever takes the lowest place will be honored,” and Jesus Himself took the lowest place for you. Go low. Go quietly. Go together, like rivers that meet in the valley. The same Spirit who renewed you now sends you, to nourish others and to let God lift you up in His time.
Lord who lifts up the lowly, Holy Spirit, set my heart on fire. Jesus, send me to the one You love. Father, make me Your witness today. Amen.
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