LEAVING EVERYTHING

PRAYER PAUSE

Saturday 4 March 2017

LEAVING EVERYTHING

Pause. Enter into the stillness of God within.

Reading: “And leaving everything he go up and followed him.” (Luke 5:27-32)

Reflection. So Matthew simply got up, left his dubious profession and went after Jesus. Gradually his life was changed and eventually he would write a record of all that had happened, a record that has nourished every generation up to the present. It sounds simple and, in a way it is simple. We too have our ties, our worries, our regrets. The Church invites us as we enter Lent, to “get up”and rise above all that bothers us and reach out to follow Jesus along the way. Our reading from Isaiah 58 today says the “your light will shine,” as it did with Matthew.

Prayer. Lord, teach us to rise above our worries and reach out to you. Amen.