PRAYER PAUSE
Thursday 25
August 2016
STAY AWAKE!
Pause. Enter into the stillness of God
within.
Reading: “Stay awake! Because you do not know
the day your master is coming.” (Matthew 24:42-51)
Reflection. The difficulty with many gospel texts
is that they can become too familiar. We have to break them open time and again
to discover their freshness. God sent his Word into the world to give life to
every person and every situation – whether it is apparent or not to the people
involved. To be open to that newness we are called to what the Eastern
religions call ‘enlightenment’. This is a constant awareness of the promise of
new life in every situation. The Word of God came to ‘quicken’ (an old English
word) the drooping spirits of people and of all creation.
Prayer. Lord, help
us to be alert in every situation to your promise of “life to the full.” Amen
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