Friday, 10 July 2015

BURY ME NEAR MY FATHERS

PRAYER MOMENT       


Saturday 11 July  2015, St Benedict


BURY ME NEAR MY FATHERS


Pause. Enter into the stillness of God within.


Reading: Jacob gave his sons these instructions, “I am about to be gathered to my people. Bury me near my fathers, in the cave that is in the field of Ephron..” (Genesis 49:29…50:25)


Reflection. We bury our relatives with reverence and care. There are many customs connected with the procedures. Perhaps we do not fully know why we follow them but we sense that they are connected with the disceased continuing to be part of us and we wish to do everything that will insure that the ongoing relationship is good. Our passage from Genesis contains instructions from both Jacob and Joseph to their family about where they are to be burtied, reinforcing this continuation of relationship. In our Christian faith we celebrate this “communion” with those who have gone ahead of us. The difference is there is now no fear in the realionship, only hope and joy.  

Prayer. Lord, we commend our departed sisters and brothers to you and ask that together with you and them we may walk our road and come finally to that eternal communion which is the focus of our lives. Amen.
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