A FORMLESS VOID

PRAYER MOMENT Monday 9 February 2015 A FORMLESS VOID Pause. Enter into the stillness of God within. Reading: “In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth. Now the earth was a formless void; there was darkness over the deep and God’s spirit hovered over the water.” (Genesis 1:1-19) Reflection. We are becoming familiar with outer space. Photos show us comets and space craft. If our eyes move from the objects to the dark space around them we can become frightened as we see no horizon, no lmits, no form - just emptiness, a void. Our inner space, our consciousness, can be frightening too if there are no fixed points, no ‘home’ to return to. All is emptiness and poinlessness. Some of our brothers and sisters experience this>through no fault of their own they see no point in going on living. Yet God’s Spirit ‘hovers’ over this void, always ready to ‘create light.’ Prayer. Lord, you are always with us, always creating, no longer out of nothing, but out of our own voids and efforts, leading us to new vision and hope. Amen. David Harold-Barry SJ