INCREASE OUR FAITH

PRAYER PAUSE

Monday 7 November 2016

INCREASE OUR  FAITH

Pause. Enter into the stillness of God within.

Reading: “Increase our faith.” The Lord replied, “Were your faith the size of a mustard seed you could say to this mulberry tree, ‘Be uprooted and planted in the sea.’ And it would obey you.” (Luke 17:1-6)

Reflection. Hyperbole? Perhaps it was a Jewish way of emphasising a teaching? Faith is the gateway into the life God offers us here and now. We don’t have to ‘cross the seas’ to discover it. It is available to all. But it requires nourishment. I know a family – one of many – who gather each evening for a moment before the evening meal to pray. They ask Jesus to help them understand the events of the day, with its joys and disappointments, and to prepare for what will come tomorrow. It is not complicated. Anyone can do it.

Prayer. Lord, help us to know the gift you offer (John 4:10) and to live in gratitude and praise. Amen