PRAYER MOMENT
Wednesday
19 August 2015
THE
ELEVENTH HOUR
Pause. Enter into the stillness of God
within.
Reading: “Then at the eleventh hour
he went ot and found more men standing around and he said to them, ‘why have you
been standing here idle all day?’ ‘Because no one has hired us,’ they said.
(Matt 20:1-16)”
Reflection. The’eleventh hour’ is one of
those gospel phrases that has found its way into current usage. It is never too
late to take up a good work. And there is the other meaning: God does not make
our sort of contracts where one is paid according to the work done or the hours
put in. His ‘contracts’ are based on relationships and as long as there is a
relationship it doesn’t matter how long or short one works. Teresa of Avila did
a monumental work over a life time. Teresa of Lisieux died when she was 23.
They both had that deep personal relationship with God. That alone is what
matters.
Prayer. Lord, help us to grow in
our relationship with you no matter what our age. Amen.
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