MUST NOT TURN BACK

PRAYER MOMENT

Friday 13 November 2015, Stanislaus Kostka

MUST NOT TURN BACK

Pause. Enter into the stillness of God within.

Reading: “Anyone in the fields must not turn back to collect his possessions in the house.” (Luke 17:26-37)

Reflection. As we move towards the end of Luke’s gospel there is a sense of urgency about “the day” of the Son of man. Like people fleeing war or tsunamis there is no time to waste even on seeming essentials. Stanislaus Kostka was eighteen when he died in Rome in 1568, having travelled from Vienna on foot to join the Society of Jesus. He met opposition, verbal and even physical, from his brother and refusal from his parents and discouragement from his friends but he was in love with God and nothing would get in his way. “God alone knows how it will all end”, the Jesuits wrote.

Prayer. Lord, help us to have you as our focus in all that we do so that your way becomes our way. Amen.