PRAYER MOMENT
Monday 5 August 2013
FIVE LOAVES AND TWO FISH
Pause. Be still
in the presence of God.
Reading. “Then he
took the five loaves and the two fish, raised his eyes to heaven and said the
blessing. And breaking the loaves he handed them to his disciples who gave them
to the crowds.” (Matt 1413-21)
Reflection. What
we read in the gospels is charged with a meaning that it is not immediately apparent
in the words. There is an “extra” meaning that emerges from meditation and prayer
on the text. There are six verbs in the quotation given above – each of them capable
of stretching our imagination far beyond their immediate meaning. He “took” the
little that they had and added so much to it that it fed five thousand. He receives
into his hands all the offerings we make each day, be they ever so small, and –
maybe without our noticing it – he adds to them and ripples go out and touch
people we will never know
Prayer. Lord, I
want to be so united with you that all my actions become your actions and then
they are blessed and broken and given to your people so that they may have life
to the full. Amen.
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