PRAYER PAUSE (I
may be out of reach of internet for the next week)
Tuesday 9
August 2016
LIKE LITTLE
CHILDREN
Pause. Enter into the stillness of God
within.
Reading: “Unless you change and become like
little children you will never enter the kingdom of heaven.” (Matt 18:1…14)
Reflection. This is one of those sayings that we
can become too familiar with. Slavery still exists in Mauritania but I heard
yesterday of a man who was emancipated while still in his mother’s womb. Life
starts battering at our door even before we are born and from then on we are
formed by all the influences that come our way. The child, however, has a
quality of openness, curiosity and wonder that an adult can quickly lose as he
or she settles for a set of prejudices they think will serve them to get by.
Perhaps these are the qualities Jesus is pointing to.
Prayer. Lord, may
we retain or recover a sense of wonder and openness in your presence. Amen
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