KNOWN BY ITS FRUITS

PRAYER MOMENT  

Saturday 12 September 2015

KNOWN BY ITS FRUITS

Pause. Enter into the stillness of God within.

Reading: “There is no sound tree that produces rotten fruit, nor again a rotten tree that produces sound fruit. For every tree can be told by its own fruit.” (Luke 6:4349)

Reflection. Once a person has set their heart on a life of love and service they do not have to worry about how they appear or what is the right thing to say. Right responses and actions emerge naturally from their heart. But if they have no such foundation they are for ever worrying about doing or saying the “right” thing or what is expected or what will preserve my status before people. There are so many ways of wearing a “public” face which hides the real person. I fear public servants are particularly prone to this: appearances and saying the right thing. They give less priority to actually doing what they say.

Prayer. Lord, teach us to throw away our masks and pretences. Help us to be who we are but let that being be rooted on the gospel.  Amen.