PRAYER MOMENT
Good Friday 25
March 2016
THE LORD
BURDENED HIM
Pause. Enter into the stillness of God
within.
Reading: “We
had all gone astray like sheep, each taking his own way, and the Lord burdened
him with the sins of all of us.” (Isaiah 52:13-53:12)
Reflection. Stat crux dum volvitur orbis. The cross stands while the earth revolves. This Carthusian
motto succinctly gathers up all our scattered thoughts as we come to Good
Friday. The cross is the fixed point of creation. Everything else swirls around
doing good or doing evil while thinking one is doing good. Creation is
beautiful but it is wounded to the core. Everywhere and in every human heart
there is a battle. Jesus comes to enter that battle and to struggle with us.
His response – of facing suffering and death “like flint” (Isaiah 50) – is our
anchor, our reference point, our inspiration and strength, but above all our
source of courage.
Prayer. Lord, we stand with Mary by the
cross filled with sorrow, like a mother by the bedside of her dying child. Give
us a heart of compassion. Amen
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