PRAYER MOMENT
Thursday
27 March 2014
THEY REFUSED TO FACE ME
Pause. Be in the
presence of God.
Reading: “But
they did not listen, they did not pay attention; they followed the dictates of
their own evil hearts, refused to face me, and turned their backs on me.” (Jer7:23-28)
Reflection. We
are at the heart of Lent. The days slip by. We are called to stop for a moment
before a key question: facing God. How often we have seen in films and in
ordinary life people avoiding each other? A husband, a wife. A colleague at
work, another colleague. People whose lives are thrown together and yet who don’t
look each other in the eye. “I would like to grab hold of him and shake him,” I
once heard someone say about another, “so that he would wake up.” If we cannot
stand facing each other how much less likely are we to be able face the living
God. And yet his look is never one of judgement – we have only to look at the father
of the prodigal son – but of “tenderness and compassion.”
Prayer. Lord, help
us to face you, or better, let your gentle look find us. Help us to believe
that you want to welcome us with both arms. Amen.
David Harold-Barry SJ
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