NOWHERE TO LAY HIS HEAD

PRAYER MOMENT                          

Monday 30 June 2014  

NOWHERE TO LAY HIS HEAD

Pause. Be still in the presence of God.

Reading: “Foxes have holes and the birds of the air have nests, but the Son of Man has nowhere to lay his head.” (Matt 8:18-22)

Reflection. This saying of Jesus was in response to someone who said “I will follow you wherever you go.” Jesus said, “Fine. Come! But do you know what you are doing? Do you know that the proclamation of the kingdom of God requires urgency and commitment? You will have to put to one side your own comfort; where you stay, what you eat, how you travel. You will also have to put to one side your own plans, your ambitions – even your own view of who you are. “Seek first the kingdom and all these things will be added on.” We live in the shadow of the demands of the gospel. The more we approach its values the more we experience its freedom.  

  

Prayer. Lord Jesus, help us to seek to live by the gospel as our priority – and believe that if we do everything else will follow. Amen.

David Harold-Barry SJ