INTO THE HILLS TO PRAY

PRAYER MOMENT

Tuesday 10 September 2013

INTO THE HILLS TO PRAY

Pause. Enter into the stillness within you.

Reading. “Jesus went out into the hills to pray: and he spent the whole night in prayer to God.” (Luke 6:12-19)

Reflection. Jesus went to extraordinary lengths to make sure his life was in tune with the Father. Before he even began he spent time in the desert searching within for the will of his Father. And before his Passion he had that terrible time in the garden of Gethsemane. Now, right in the midst of his work, he takes time in prayer to discover how his mission is proceeding and who will carry it on after him. I participated in the celebrations for the Jubilee of the Diocese of Hwange last week-end and I was touched by the message of the Bishop. He spent no time in listing the achievements of the past fifty years but he simply called on people to go deeper into their lives. “Come to know Jesus,” he said, “not in an academic way, but deeply, interiorly, in the heart.”

Prayer. God our Father, you call us to take part, each in his or her own way, in the great mission of bringing life to the world, “life to the full.” Help me to take time to go deeply within in order to know Jesus, the One you have sent, the One who reveals you to the world. Amen.