Sunday, 12 February 2017

NO SIGN SHALL BE GIVEN

PRAYER PAUSE


Monday13 February 2017


NO SIGN SHALL BE GIVEN


Pause. Enter into the stillness of God within.


Reading: “Why does this generation demand a sign? I tell you solemnly, no sign shall be given to this generation.” (Mark 8:11-13)



Reflection. In the recently released film, Silence, about the terrible torture of Christians in seventeenth century Japan, the recurrent theme is the silence of God. Why does he not speak or give a sign? Does he not see our suffering? The tough answer is that ours is a journey of faith in a world that often seems barren of signs of God’s presence. The reaching out to him in our hearts when often there are no “signs” is one of the greatest acts we can do as human beings. So many of us turn aside, desperate for signs. The desert is what it says it is: a desert.


Prayer. Lord, strengthen us to remain true to you even if there are no “signs.” Amen.





























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