PRAYER MOMENT
Thursday
18 September 2014.
HER
TEARS FELL ON HIS FEET
Pause. Be still in God’s presence.
Reading: “She waited behind him at
his feet, weeping, and her tears fell on his feet, and she wiped them away with
her hair; then she covered his feet with kisses. Anointing them with the
ointment.” (Luke 7;36-500
Reflection. This woman was so moved by
her feeling of being liberated, freed from all the burdens of her life, that
she has no hesitation in showing her emotions whatever the circumstances and
whoever is present. She breaks through all ‘protocol’by going straight to the
point and delighting the heart of Jesus in the ptocess. Here is someone who
responds with all her being, all her love. That was exactly what the kingdom of
God was all about; liberating people. There were lots of ‘respectable’ people
at Simon’s house that evening but only one knew what it was to experience the
depths of pain and the height of ecstasy and joy.
Prayer. Lord Jesus, we want love but we do not want the price of love. Teach us
to dig deep and see the cost of love and embrace it. Amen
David Harold-Barry SJ
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