PRAYER MOMENT

Friday 26 July 2013

LET US PRAISE ILLUSTRIOUS PEOPLE

Pause. Pause to enter into stillness.

Reading. “Let us praise illustrious people, our ancestors in their successive generations.” (Sir 44:1, 10-15)

Reflection. We do not think much about our ancestors: all those who came before us and fashioned the world we now inhabit. We have built on their achievements. Without them we would be on ground zero. The Church has a curious feast celebrating the granny and granddad of Jesus to whom she has given the names Joachim and Anne. It is a moment to celebrate our own grandparents and all who have gone before us. Important as we individually are we are also simply one person in a vast tapestry, a great community, of God’s people, inheritors and creators of the Kingdom of God which in concrete form is the earth we see and touch but which far transcends it.

Prayer. Lord, help me to rejoice in the world you have given me and all of us. Teach me to reverence the days and hours you have given me. Work with me to contribute to a world that is ever groaning in the pain of giving birth. Amen.