PRAYER PAUSE
Tuesday 21 February 2017
PREPARE FOR
AN ORDEAL
Pause. Enter into the stillness of God
within.
Reading: “If you aspire to serve the Lord,
prepare yourself for an ordeal.” (Sira 2:1-11)
Reflection. The Wisdom books of the Hebrew Scriptures
had already got the point. The gospels would spell it out concisely: “the Son of
Man will be delivered into the hands of men.” It is the law written in our
hearts. The French pioneer aviator, St Exupery, put it this way; “a person
measures him or herself against the obstacle.” We become fully human by
engaging in the issues. Much of our modern culture prompts us to enjoy
ourselves. Yet true enjoyment, true pleasure, comes from confronting the
obstacle and struggling against it and sometimes overcoming it.
Prayer. Lord, help
us to be awake and to let nothing go. Teach us to confront evil in ourselves
and in the world. Amen.
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