PRAYER MOMENT
Wednesday
4 December 2013
AS MUCH AS THEY WANTED
Pause. Be in the presence of God.
Reading. “They
all ate as much as they wanted and they collected what was left of the scraps,
seven baskets full.” (Matt 15:29-37)
Reflection. Early
Advent is full of the promise of abundance. Everyone is cured. Everyone has
their fill. These are signs of the Messianic age when the promise to Abraham,
Isaac and Jacob was being fulfilled for Israel and through Israel there would
be a superabundance for all the nations. None of us is without a deep yearning
for a fulfilment that we know is beyond our reach now – despite what the
advertisers tell us. We long for a solution to all that we know is incomplete
in our lives, our relationships and in our society. Everything is transitory
and already has the seeds of decay as soon as it is made. We sense that there
must be a solution to all this chaos one day and we are right.
Prayer. “May He
support us all the day long till the shades lengthen and the evening comes and
the busy world is hushed and the fever of life is over and our work is done;
then in His mercy may He give us a safe lodging and a holy rest and peace at
the last.” (John Henry Cardinal Newman).
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