PRAYER MOMENT
Friday 1 January
2016, New Year
MAY HIS FACE
SHINE ON YOU
Pause. Enter into the stillness of God
within.
Reading: “May the Lord bless you and keep you!
May the Lord let his face shine on you and be gracious to you … and bring you
peace!” (Numbers 6:22)
Reflection. A week after Christmas we enter a New
Year with a celebration of Mary. After a week pondering God among us, our gaze
shifts to the one whose agreement was needed for it to happen. The Lord looked
at the young girl in Nazareth and she responded to his look. The blessing of
today is that He may look at each one of us also. It may be the look of Jesus
at Zaccheus (Luke 19) which changed his life, or the look of Jesus at Peter
after he denied him three times. Whatever the look it calls for a response: “Look
towards him and be radiant” (Psalm 34).
Prayer. Lord, as we begin 2016, look towards
us in our concerns and hopes and help us look to you in hope and joy. Amen.
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