Wednesday, 15 June 2016

IN SECRET

PRAYER PAUSE


Wednesday 15 June 2016  


IN SECRET


Pause. Enter into the stillness of God within.


Reading: “When you pray, go to your private room and, when you have shut your door, pray to your Father who is in that secret places, and your Father who sees all that is done in secret, will reward you.” (Matt 6:1-6, 16-18)


Reflection. We continue to explore the thrust of the Sermon on the Mount. The external religion of the “scribes and Pharisees” will not bring them far, just as the conformity often associated with church-going doesn’t bring us very far. Jesus is calling for an interior life, a searching “in secret” – either in a quiet space like one’s room or a garden, or – if one is in a bus or a busy street – an interior space in the heart. It is in the stillness of the interior life that we meet God. And we also meet him there is our own way of fasting and giving alms.  


Prayer. Lord, help us to go into our interior space and iscover your presence. Amen


































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