PRAYER MOMENT
Wednesday
11 March 2015
WHEN
THEY COME TO KNOW
Pause. Enter into the stillness of God
within.
Reading: “When (the nations) come to
know of all these laws they will exclaim; ‘No other people is as wise and
prudent as this great nation.’” (Deut 4:5-9)
Reflection. The task of the people of
Israel was not simple to glory in their special calling and say, ‘we are number
one!’ No, they were given their role in order to give an opening to the entry of
God into his creation. They were not there for themselves but for others. And
it is the same for us today. Pope Francis never tires of saying, ‘the Church
does not exist for itself.’ No, it exists in order to be the salt of the earth,
the light of the world. This dimension of my day, that I am here not just for
myself, has to colour everything I do. We live in an inward looking age where
people are driven by the desire to satisfy their personal needs. That is only
OK so long as it does not conflict with the wider plan of God for all people,
which I commit myself to in Baptism.
Prayer. Lord, teach me what it means
to pursue my own goals as part of your great plan for the ‘saving of the
nations.’ Amen.
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