PRAYER MOMENT
Tuesday 22
December 2015
MY STRENGTH
IN MY GOD.
Pause. Enter into the stillness of God
within.
Reading: “My heart exults in the Lord; I find
my strength in my God.” (1 Samuel 2: 1, 4-8)
Reflection. This song, on which Mary’s Magnificat is based, comes from the
mouth of Hannah, the mother of Samuel. She, like the mothers of Isaac and John
the Baptist, was childless while well on in years. The scriptures hammer home
the message that God is intervening in human history, even in human biology;
there will be a birth unlike any other birth. And this will be just the start
of a “work” where he will intervene in every corner of human life. God has
always been “with us” but now this “with us” takes on a new form, a new
urgency. Everything will be transformed and he will do it “with us.” He will be
our strength as he was for Hannah.
Prayer. Lord, we rejoice with Mary and Hannah
that you have come to work with us. Give us your strength and wisdom each day. Amen.
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