PRAYER MOMENT
Tuesday
3 March 2015
SEARCH
FOR JUSTICE
Pause. Enter into the stillness of God
within.
Reading: “Cease to do evil. Learn to
do good, search for justice, help the oppressed, be just to the orphan, plead
for the widow.” (Isaiah 1:10 …20)
Reflection. The Lenten tripod – fasting,
prayer and giving alms – call us to live rather than just exist. The three have
their literal meanings, what the words mean, but they also signify three
movements: inwards, stillness and outwards. ‘Fasting’ is any activity
reflecting on my life and seeing where I have to cut back; food maybe, but also
gossiping, holding grudges or wasting time. Prayer is that stillness where I come
as totally as I can before God and hear his Spirit in my heart. And giving alms
is that outward movement towards others: giving money maybe, but also
stretching out to those in pain of body (the sick) or the spirit (the lonely,
the troubled, the unwelcomed). Even in Isaiah’s time ‘doing good’ primarily
meant ‘seeking justice,’ doing my inner work so that I become a person for
others.
Prayer. God, our Lord, help us the
seek you within so that we may find the courage and imagination to move out to
our brothers and sisters with compassion and love. Amen.
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