COME THEN, MY LOVE, MY LOVELY ONE, COME!.

PRAYER MOMENT

Monday 21 December 2015

COME THEN, MY LOVE, MY LOVELY ONE, COME!.

Pause. Enter into the stillness of God within.

Reading: “The fig tree is forming its first figs and the blossoming vines give out their fragrance. Come then, my love, my lovely one, come.” (Song of Songs 2:8-14)

Reflection. This song appears in wedding invitations and such expressions of love draw on the source of all love in God. The writer here is captured by the love of God and expresses it in song, a song that fits so well here in Advent with its poetry of “leaping on the mountains”, echoing Mary hurrying into the hill country to greet Elizabeth whose child leaps in her womb. God’s relationship with us is one of love and all the events of the coming days are expressions of it. We are called to respond to this love with our love.

Prayer. Lord, we rejoice with Mary in realising your great love for us. May we too “hurry” to express our love for one another and for you! Amen.