TO LOVE TENDERLY

PRAYER MOMENT

Monday 11 November 2013

TO LOVE TENDERLY

Pause.  Be stll in the presence of God.

Reading. “What is good has been explained to you; this is what Yahweh asks of you; only this, to act justly, to love tenderly and to walk humbly with your God.” (Micah 6:6-8)

Reflection. We are in the twenty first century but in the fourth – the 300s – St Martin, whose feast we keep today, was active as a missionary in France. The faith had travelled the Roman roads and reached the Roman towns, as it did in Paul’s day in Ephesus, Philippi and Corinth. But it did not reach the rural areas. Martin and his followers reached out to them. Our gospel today, the Last Judgement from Matthew 25, tells us “insofar as you did it to the least of my brothers and sisters you did it to me.” The worst storm ever recorded has hit the Philippines and more than 10,000 have lost their lives. People are reaching out to help from all over the world. We too can reach out in compassion and prayer for them.       

Prayer. Lord, we remember we are all your family and and when one suffers we all suffer. We beg your mercy for the people of the Philippines; help them in their agony as countless families lose their relatives and their livelihoods. Amen.