PRAYER MOMENT
Wednesday 12
November 2015, St Martin
THE OTHER
NINE?
Pause. Enter into the stillness of God
within.
Reading: “Were not all ten made clean? The
other nine where are they?” (Luke 17:11-19)
Reflection. There is a momentary sadness in the
heart of Jesus when only one of the ten, cured of leprosy, come back to thank
him. Can we say that nine people out of ten take the world for granted: the
gifts of the earth, the social systems we have built, the human rights other
generations have struggled and died for. It is all just part of life. And yet
an attitude of gratitude opens our heart and helps us realise the larger
picture. To say ‘thank you’ creates and deepens relationships. Jesus ‘knew what
is in man’ so he probably moved on quickly. But the lack of gratitude made him
uneasy and must have come up again in Gethsemane.
Prayer. Lord, help us to be thankful for all
that we reactive and open our hearts to respond – especially in the great thanksgiving,
the Eucharist. Amen.
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