PRAYER MOMENT
Saturday
11 July 2015, St Benedict
BURY
ME NEAR MY FATHERS
Pause. Enter into the stillness of God
within.
Reading: Jacob gave his sons these instructions,
“I am about to be gathered to my people. Bury me near my fathers, in the cave
that is in the field of Ephron..” (Genesis 49:29…50:25)
Reflection. We bury our relatives with
reverence and care. There are many customs connected with the procedures.
Perhaps we do not fully know why we follow them but we sense that they are
connected with the disceased continuing to be part of us and we wish to do
everything that will insure that the ongoing relationship is good. Our passage
from Genesis contains instructions from both Jacob and Joseph to their family
about where they are to be burtied, reinforcing this continuation of
relationship. In our Christian faith we celebrate this “communion” with those
who have gone ahead of us. The difference is there is now no fear in the
realionship, only hope and joy.
Prayer. Lord, we commend our departed
sisters and brothers to you and ask that together with you and them we may walk
our road and come finally to that eternal communion which is the focus of our
lives. Amen.
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