PRAYER PAUSE
Wednesday 15
June 2016
IN SECRET
Pause. Enter into the stillness of God
within.
Reading: “When you pray, go to your private
room and, when you have shut your door, pray to your Father who is in that
secret places, and your Father who sees all that is done in secret, will reward
you.” (Matt 6:1-6, 16-18)
Reflection. We continue to explore the thrust of
the Sermon on the Mount. The external religion of the “scribes and Pharisees”
will not bring them far, just as the conformity often associated with church-going
doesn’t bring us very far. Jesus is calling for an interior life, a searching “in
secret” – either in a quiet space like one’s room or a garden, or – if one is
in a bus or a busy street – an interior space in the heart. It is in the
stillness of the interior life that we meet God. And we also meet him there is
our own way of fasting and giving alms.
Prayer. Lord, help us to go into our interior
space and iscover your presence. Amen
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