PRAYER PAUSE
Wednesday, 26 July 2017, Joachim and
Anna
IN PRAISE OF
ILLUSTRIOUS ANCESTORS
Pause. Enter into the stillness of God
within.
Reading: “Let us praise illustrious men, our
ancestors in their successive generations.” (Ben Sirah 44:1…15)
Reflection. It is natural for grateful people to want
to know more of the people they wish to celebrate. So, in honouring Mary, we
wish to know her parents. We know nothing of them so we suggest the names they
mght have had. After all they are the grand parents of Jesus. We celebrate our own
grandparents and all they meant to us. They represent the rich tradition of our
families and all the influences that formed us. While we have made our own decisons
we also know we did not make them on a blank page. We drew on who we are as a
result of generations before us. So we look back. But we do so to better look
forward. All the efforts of our ancestors were made, consciously or
unconsciously, to fulfil the great plan of God for us and all his people.
Prayer. Lord Jesus, we thank you for our
ancestors. May we be ever conscious of
your will for the world; that we may fulfil the purpose written in our genes.
Amen.
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