PRAYER PAUSE
Monday 22
August 2016, Mary Queen
BELIEVED IN
THE PROMISE
Pause. Enter into the stillness of God
within.
Reading: “Blessed is she who believed that
the promise made her by the Lord would be fulfilled.” (Luke 1:39-47)
Reflection. To call her Queen is to exhaust all
the human titles we can think of to honour Mary. It gilds the title of Mother
which stands out as the most astonishing of all: Mother of God. She believed the
promise of the messenger sent to her and in doing so stretched our human
capacity beyond our limits. Through Mary the human touches the divine. She
believed. As we try to take this in we realise we too are called to reach
beyond the limits we are so conscious of in our lives. I am not just talking of
eternity – that too – but of the projects we set ourselves each day. The
Olympic moment gives a taste of this but we are all athletes in our striving.
Prayer. Lord, help
us to “stretch beyond our reach” as Mary did. Amen
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