SQUARES OF HUNDREDS AND FIFTIES

PRAYER MOMENT Tuesday 6 January 2015 SQUARES OF HUNDREDS AND FIFTIES Pause. Enter into the stillness of God within. Reading: “Then he ordered them to get all the people together in groups on the green grass, and they sat down on the ground in squares of hundreds and fifies.” (Mark 6:34-44) Reflection. Five loaves, two fish, groups of hundreds and fifties, twelve baskets and five thousand men. It is all very precise and makes one wonder seeing it was written down nearly forty years later. Yet planning and details are expressions of faith, hope and love. Our first reading today is about love; ‘let us love one another’ (1 John 4). And love is seen in action and fruitful action calls for deailed planning. It makes all the difference when we set about projects. And planning is an expression of hope because we don’t know how things will work out but it they are well planned they have a good chance of success. And faith is the whole ambience in which we take the plunge in the first place. Prayer. Lord, help us to show our hope and love in practical planning and action so you’re your reign may be revealed. Amen. David Harold-Barry SJ