HAVE YOU UNDERSTOOD?

PRAYER PAUSE

Thursday 28 July 2016  

HAVE YOU UNDERSTOOD?

Pause. Enter into the stillness of God within.

Reading: “Have you understood all this?” They said, “Yes.” (Matt 13:47-53)

Reflection. They said “yes” to Jesus and they really meant it. Or, they thought they understood. But they didn’t. They still had a lot of learning to do and they fumbled their way through. As we approach the feast of St Ignatius (31 July) we could reflect how he thought he understood at Loyola. He didn’t. It took time and much heart ache for the breakthrough at Manresa to arrive. We are to patient with ourselves, laughing at our failures to understand and rising again and again as we discover ever more the way of the Lord.

Prayer. Lord, may we be surprised by joy  - time and time again, and not allow frustration to make its home within us. Amen