PRAYER MOMENT
Thursday 10
July 2014
I LOVED HIM
Pause. Recall
that you are in the presence of God.
Reading: “When
Israel was a child I love him, and called my son out of Egypt.” (Hosea 1:11-9)
Reflection. The
affectionate language of Hosea touches us. God is described as a parent who
loves their child. The child becomes a teenager and goes astray but the parent does
not withdraw their love. The parent waits. The teenager gets into all sorts of
trouble but, while the Old Testament uses the language of punishment, it is not
God who punishes – any more than it is a parent who punishes their wayward offspring.
It is the teenager who makes choices and when they are bad choices they bring
their own cost. The parent goes on waiting. And God waits for us, longing for
us to turn to him. “I was like someone who lifts an infant close against his
cheek, stooping down to him I gave him his food.”
Prayer. Lord
Jesus, you taught us the tenderness and mercy of God. Teach us to respond to
such great love, especially by showing such tenderness and mercy to others. Amen.
David Harold-Barry SJ
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