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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