PRAYER MOMENT
Wednesday 18
November 2015
IN THE
LANGUAGE OF THEIR ANCESTORS
Pause. Enter into the stillness of God
within.
Reading: “The mother was especially admirable
… she encouraged each of them in the language of their ancestors.” (2 Macc 7:1,
20-31)
Reflection. The story of the Maccabees includes
this incident of the seven brothers whose mother encouraged to face death
rather that betray their faith. Pope Francis uses this in his exhortation The Joy of the Gospel to encourage us to
understand our faith in “ancestral” language, that is, in language that goes to
the root of our human experience. We are to understand and share our faith –
not in tired phrases of the head or the mouth – but in the authentic language
of the heart. What does Jesus really mean for me? What is his message in the
real situation in which I live?
Prayer. Lord, help us to know you in the
depths of our heart and not just in worn phrases that do not touch us. Amen.
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