Tuesday, 17 November 2015

IN THE LANGUAGE OF THEIR ANCESTORS

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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