Monday, 8 August 2016

LIKE LITTLE CHILDREN

PRAYER PAUSE (I may be out of reach of internet for the next week) 


Tuesday 9 August 2016  


LIKE LITTLE CHILDREN


Pause. Enter into the stillness of God within.


Reading: “Unless you change and become like little children you will never enter the kingdom of heaven.” (Matt 18:1…14)


Reflection. This is one of those sayings that we can become too familiar with. Slavery still exists in Mauritania but I heard yesterday of a man who was emancipated while still in his mother’s womb. Life starts battering at our door even before we are born and from then on we are formed by all the influences that come our way. The child, however, has a quality of openness, curiosity and wonder that an adult can quickly lose as he or she settles for a set of prejudices they think will serve them to get by. Perhaps these are the qualities Jesus is pointing to.

Prayer. Lord, may we retain or recover a sense of wonder and openness in your presence.  Amen





































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