PRAYER MOMENT
Friday 16 August 2013
HE MADE THEM MALE AND FEMALE
Pause. Be in the
presence of God.
Reading. “The
creator from the beginning made them male and female. … They are no longer two,
but one” (Matt 19:3-12)
Reflection. The
Pharisees want to discuss and argue so as “to get the better of Jesus.” But his
aim is always to raise their minds and hearts to the great plan God was
revealing for his people. Jesus wants to put before them the ideal life and the
relationships that would express that life. So he gives them no second best. The
Church puts before us these same ideals. Yet Jesus was full of compassion for
those who failed. He knows the human heart. Sometimes we are not so compassionate
ourselves and we lay heavy burdens on people whose marriages fail.
Prayer. Lord
Jesus, teach us to strive for the ideal, to stretch ourselves to be generous in
our relationships, especially our marriages. We often fail and we believe you
love us equally in our success and in our failures. Amen
No comments:
Post a Comment