Tuesday, 16 February 2016

OUR FATHER

PRAYER MOMENT


Tuesday 16 February 2016   


OUR FATHER


Pause. Enter into the stillness of God within.


Reading: “Our Father in heaven, hallowed be your name. Your kingdom come.” (Matt 6:7-15)


Reflection. Prayer is about discovery; discovering my place in the order of things. A child cries when hungry or uncomfortable. Later their cry becomes more specific: “I want!” And later still, as a teenager, it becomes less specific because it is less clear what a teenager wants. It is a matter signs and silences. Later perhaps clarity reappears and the grown person passionately wants. The whole journey involves others at every turn. Prayer takes that journey beyond touch and feel, word and smell. It reaches out to another level of our being. “Your kingdom come” is closer to poetry than to a strategic plan. It embraces life but does not impose structures or solutions. It opens up rather than closes down.   


Prayer. Our Father, who art in heaven, hallowed be your name. Your kingdom come! Amen.






















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