WE ARE MERELY SERVANTS

PRAYER MOMENT 

Tuesday 11 November 2014

WE ARE MERELY SERVANTS

                     

Pause. Be still in God’s presence.

Reading: “We are merely servants; we have done no more that our duty.” (Luke 17:7-10)

Reflection. There is a palace in England built by a famous general who won many victories centuries ago. The curious public queue to visit it but there is no escaping the crumbling stones and fading paint. The desire to build a permanent monument is a desire to somehow live on after my time is up. I will at least live on in the memory of people. Yet we know that we are just travellers who pass this way just once. We live in one place and one time and we will soon be gone. Wisdom comes from accepting our fleeting existence, doing as much as we can in the time and place available and then moving on, giving room to others. We never actually finish anything. We make our contribution to the greater picture. It may be noticed for a time but it will soon be forgotten. But in the final “Appearing of the glory of our great God” (Titus 2: 11-14) all will be revealed.     

Prayer. Lord, help us to have the wisdom to know “we are merely servants” and will soon be gone. May we rejoice in the life that you give us and live in to the full.  Amen.  

David Harold-Barry SJ