Friday 12 June 2015

SHE STORED ALL THESE THINGS IN HER HEART

PRAYER MOMENT


Saturday 13 June 2015, the Pure Heart of Mary


SHE STORED ALL THESE THINGS IN HER HEART


Pause. Enter into the stillness of God within.


Reading: “He stayed behind … His mother stored up all these things in her heart.” (Luke 2:41-51)


Reflection. The Church pauses for a moment today to consider Mary who played such a pivotal part in the story of Jesus. We try to reflect on what it all meant to her and we pick out a passage which mentions her “storing all these things in her heart.” She does not understand. She does not judge. She holds back, treasuring everything in her heart and waits for the time when it would become clear. Every mother of a teenager knows this moment. A young person stretches out towards their destiny and the parent anxiously notices and waits. Mary pondered but did not demand immediate answers.


Prayer. Lord, as we honour your mother, help us to wait in trust for the answers we long for. Bless our parents who have watched anxiously over our progress. Amen.
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