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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