PRAYER MOMENT
Saturday 19
March 2016, St Joseph
THE PROMISE
DEPENDS ON FAITH
Pause. Enter into the stillness of God
within.
Reading: “The
promise of inheriting the world was not made to Abraham and all his descendants
on account of any law but on account of the righteousness that consists in faith”
(Romans 4:13…22)
Reflection. The second Joseph, like the first,
was a man of dreams and we can say there were two things: He was a descendant of
David and so roots Jesus, his adopted son, in the heart of the Jewish people
and of all humanity. But more importantly, he was a son of Abraham, the man of
faith who “went out without knowing where he was going.” For Jesus, and later
for Paul, faith is the rock on which we build our new life. The old covenant
was built on physical descent; the new on faith and Joseph stands as one of the
great witnesses to this.
Prayer. Lord, we celebrate the memory of
Joseph with joy. Let is too live by faith and fulfil our dreams! Amen
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