DOES A WOMAN FORGET HER BABY?

PRAYER MOMENT

Wednesday 9 March 2016   

DOES A WOMAN FORGET HER BABY?

Pause. Enter into the stillness of God within.

Reading: “Does a woman forget her baby at the breast, or fail to cherish the child of her womb? Yet even if these forget, I will never forget you.” (Isaiah 49:8-15)

Reflection. We are going to read John steadily now until Good Friday; John, whose enduring joy is to show how God came to dwell among us so that we might dwell with him and in him and so have life to the full. There is fierce opposition to God’s invitation but he never wavers, he never turns his back and forgets us. We now walk that road of opposition, seeing it in the Jews while knowing that they represent all humanity which finds it so difficult to accept the gift that is offered. We prefer our own agenda – our own darkness – to the light. That we do this is agonising. But that is what we do.

Prayer. Lord, as we accompany you through the days of mounting hostility give us grace to be strong in our own struggles to welcome you. Amen.