THE WILL OF MY FATHER

PRAYER MOMENT

Saturday 21 November 2015: The Presentation of Mary

THE WILL OF MY FATHER

Pause. Enter into the stillness of God within.

Reading: “Anyone who does the will of my Father in heaven is my brother and sister and mother.” (Matt 12:46-50)

Reflection. An ancient tradition in the sixth century Church in Jerusalem celebrated the Presentation of Mary in the temple as a little girl giving her whole life to God. Her words, “Let it be done to me”, show this. So when people come and tell Jesus, “Your mother and brothers want to see you,” he reacts spontaneously: the key thing in her life is not that she is my mother but that she has so embraced the Father’s will. That gives me more joy than any human relationship. And he incorporated it into the prayer he gave us; “May your will be done on earth as it is in heaven!”   

Prayer. Lord, may your will be the compass and ground rock of our being! Amen.