HE SETTLED IN NAZARETH

PRAYER PAUSE

Friday 30 December 2016, Holy Family

HE SETTLED IN NAZARETH

Pause. Enter into the stillness of God within.

Reading: “He left for the region of Galilee and settled in a town called Nazareth.” (Matt 2:19-23)

Reflection. Today’s celebration reminds us that we are born as individuals but we are born into a community. We define ourselves, we become ourselves, in relation to others. It begins with our parents and spreads. The family is the first workshop of the human heart. Good or bad choices are made there that affect us for life. We wonder at Jesus receiving his formation in a family, in a town, in a region. Everything would influence him. We are part of this whole and as we approach a new year our prayer is that we can build community among the different nations, groups, tribes, religions.  

Prayer. Lord, launched in our families may we reach out to others especially the weak, the poor, the different. May we build community on earth. Amen.