PRAYER MOMENT
Thursday 17
March 2016, St Patrick, patron of Ireland
ABRAHAM
REJOICED TO SEE MY DAY
Pause. Enter into the stillness of God
within.
Reading: “Abraham
rejoiced to think that he would see my Day; he saw it and was glad.” (John 8:51-59)
Reflection. Abraham “saw” the coming of the
Messiah in the unusual birth of his son and in the “passion”, “death” and “resurrection”
of Isaac. The faith of Abraham is the star guiding the Old Testament to
Bethlehem. The Jews cannot see this. One person can have such influence. So it
was too with Patrick, credited with planting the faith throughout heathen Ireland
in the fifth century. And so it can be with each of us in our way as we live
driven by faith in a world that resists change.
Prayer. Lord, may we live by faith as
Abraham did - and as Patrick did. Amen
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