HE SHOUTED ALL THE LOUDER

PRAYER MOMENT

Monday 18 November 2013

HE SHOUTED ALL THE LOUDER

Pause.  Be still and enter into the quietness of your heart.

Reading. “The people in front scolded hm and told him to be quiet, but he shouted all the louder, “Son of David, have pity on me.”(Luke 18:35-43)

Reflection. Luke gives us pictures of people who made decisions to embrace Jesus’ message with all their heart; the “woman who was a sinner”, Zacchaeus and – here - the blind man of Jericho. They are all people who brave the scorn of those present to go to Jesus openly. In this way they illustrate one of the themes that Luke gives us in his gospel: what it is to be a disciple of Jesus. It means not to be afraid to decide to follow Jesus in whatever particular circumstances I am in; and that decision is also a witness to those present that the Lord is indeed asking for a decision. The gift of being human is to be able to decide, to choose. And the gift of grace is to be able to choose life, life in its fullness. There is a cost, the cost of discipleship, but paying that cost brings a person into an intimate communion with God.  

Prayer. Lord Jesus, teach us to follow you and not to count the cost: to examine my life and see those areas where I have to choose. Help me to choose generously. Amen.