Sunday, 13 September 2015

LIFTED UP

PRAYER MOMENT  


Monday 14 September 2015, The Triumph of the Cross


LIFTED UP


Pause. Enter into the stillness of God within.


Reading: “The Son of Man must be lifted up as Moses lifted up the serpent in the desert, so that everyone who believes in him may have eternal life.” (John 3:13-17)


Reflection. Forty days after the Transfiguration, when the disciples were told to “tell no one,” we have the celebration of the Cross about which they were to tell everyone. We have to tread warily with words: ‘Jesus saved us through the cross.’ What do these familiar words mean? The cross fulfils us, completes us. A woman who cares for her increasingly diminishing husband in his final years knows all about it. After he dies and the relatives gather and discreetly thank her for her fidelity she says in her heart, “I could not have done otherwise. I am so glad I could be with him all those days of his suffering.” There is fulfilment and completion in laying our hand on the plough and looking ahead no matter what.

Prayer. Lord, teach us to follow you in your life and embrace whatever the cross will turn out to be in our life.  Amen.




















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