ONLY TODAY

PRAYER MOMENT Thursday 15 January 2015 ONLY TODAY Pause. Enter into the stillness of God within. Reading: “O that today you would listen to his voice! ‘Harden not your hearts.’” (Hebrews 3:7-14) Reflection. The poet says, ‘O to be alive,’ and life is the great gift. And we experience life moment by moment, each day. It has often been said how we can dwell on regrets for the past and plans for the future. But all we actually have is the present, today. As our marriage vows put it we live for one another ‘for better or for worse, for richer or for poorer, in sickness or in health.’ But this living for one another is true of all relationships; with others, with myself and with God. We cannot control which of these we will live and we can miss the gift of life itself in the worries of life. The author of the letter to the Hebrews comes quickly to the point: to live fully is to respond to the Spirit of God, accepting each of our todays” with joy. Prayer. Lord, we do not always feel happy each day but let there be deep within us that peace that comes from knowing you are everything for us. Amen. David Harold-Barry SJ