MARY SAT DOWN AT THE LORD’S FEET

PRAYER PAUSE

Tuesday 9 October 2018

MARY SAT DOWN AT THE LORD’S FEET

Enter into the stillness of God within.

Reading ”Martha welcomed the Lord into her house.  She had a sister called Mary who sat down at the Lord’s feet and listened to him.” (Luke 10:38-42)

Reflection. Implicit in the mission of Jesus was his desire that men and women  would “enjoy life to the full.” People before his time could only develop their humanity to a certain level. Jesus opened out, in his person, the possibility for people to become fully human.  We sense it in Mary, his own mother.  We also sense it here in this woman who reached beyond the everyday cares, which fill our lives, to something beyond which is there as a capacity in each of us but which we often never develop..  Jesus himself was “so human that he was divine” (Ruth Burrows) and he longs to share this complete humanity with us.  We can reach it if we too “sit at his feet and listen.”  

Prayer. Lord, help us to desire to sit at your feet and listen to what you want to say to our hearts. Amen.