NOWHERE TO LAY HIS HEAD

PRAYER PAUSE

Wednesday 28 September 2016, Good King Wenceslaus

NOWHERE TO LAY HIS HEAD

Pause. Enter into the stillness of God within.

Reading: “Foxes have holes and the birds of the air have nests, but the Son of Man has nowhere to lay his head.” (Luke 9:57-62)

Reflection. Precariousness is written into the gospel and Paul, in his second letter to the church in Corinth (Ch. 11) glories in the uncertainty of his life. Religious, in the Church, try to imitate Jesus but we find ourselves with houses, health insurance and holidays – ways of life far beyond many of our brothers and sisters. Still, precariousness is the ideal. Security is the enemy. Once we are “settled” we have lost the Christian “restlessness” Augustine spoke of; “our hearts are restless till they rest in you.” Once we stop taking risks we are dead!   

Prayer. Lord, help us to trust and take risks for the sake of the Kingdom. May we not always be too secure and anxious for our comfort. Amen