PRAYER MOMENT Next
appearance on the 19th. I will be out of range of internet in the
meantime.
Thursday
9 October 2014.
SEARCH
AND YOU WILL FIND
Pause. Be still in God’s presence.
Reading: “Ask, and it will be given
to you; search and you will find; knock and the door will be opened to you.” (Luke
11:5-13)
Reflection. These three sayings of Jesus
emphasise the call to intelligent faith. We cannot simply cruise along,
fulfilling functions. It is not enough to take our faith for granted, saying
our prayers, going to church, listening to and immediately forgetting the
preacher. Jesus wants us to stretch out and search for ways of living our
belief in him. For generations Christians have been receivers; hearing the
message and doing what they are told. But since the age of the enlightenment,
since the age of Newman, we are called to use our mind in matters of faith.
Never before has the laity been consulted so widely as it was for the present
meeting in Rome on the family. The church wants everyone in on the act: to
search for ways in which the message of the gospel can reach families today. It
is the responsibility of all of us now..
Prayer. Lord Jesus, teach us to search
for the way forward; help us to be part of a pilgrim church seeking to find her
way in an ever changing world. Amen..
David Harold-Barry SJ
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