Friday, 25 March 2016

THE LORD BURDENED HIM

PRAYER MOMENT


Good Friday 25 March 2016   


THE LORD BURDENED HIM


Pause. Enter into the stillness of God within.


Reading: “We had all gone astray like sheep, each taking his own way, and the Lord burdened him with the sins of all of us.” (Isaiah 52:13-53:12)


Reflection. Stat crux dum volvitur orbis. The cross stands while the earth revolves. This Carthusian motto succinctly gathers up all our scattered thoughts as we come to Good Friday. The cross is the fixed point of creation. Everything else swirls around doing good or doing evil while thinking one is doing good. Creation is beautiful but it is wounded to the core. Everywhere and in every human heart there is a battle. Jesus comes to enter that battle and to struggle with us. His response – of facing suffering and death “like flint” (Isaiah 50) – is our anchor, our reference point, our inspiration and strength, but above all our source of courage.


Prayer. Lord, we stand with Mary by the cross filled with sorrow, like a mother by the bedside of her dying child. Give us a heart of compassion. Amen





























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