PRAYER MOMENT
Monday 14
September 2015, The Triumph of the Cross
LIFTED UP
Pause. Enter into the stillness of God
within.
Reading: “The Son of Man must be lifted up as
Moses lifted up the serpent in the desert, so that everyone who believes in him
may have eternal life.” (John 3:13-17)
Reflection. Forty days after the Transfiguration,
when the disciples were told to “tell no one,” we have the celebration of the
Cross about which they were to tell everyone. We have to tread warily with
words: ‘Jesus saved us through the cross.’ What do these familiar words mean?
The cross fulfils us, completes us. A woman who cares for her increasingly
diminishing husband in his final years knows all about it. After he dies and
the relatives gather and discreetly thank her for her fidelity she says in her
heart, “I could not have done otherwise. I am so glad I could be with him all
those days of his suffering.” There is fulfilment and completion in laying our
hand on the plough and looking ahead no matter what.
Prayer. Lord, teach us to follow you in your
life and embrace whatever the cross will turn out to be in our life. Amen.
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