PRAYER PAUSE
Tuesday 11 April 2017
I HAVE TOILED
IN VAIN
Pause. Enter into the stillness of God
within.
Reading: “I was thinking, ‘I have toiled in
vain. I have exhausted myself for nothing;’ and all the while my cause was with
the Lord.” (Isaiah 49 1-6)
Reflection. The prophet’s words could easily be
applied to Jesus in the garden. Here, still in the upper room, he foretells the
treachery of Judas and the denials of Peter. And John ominously adds, “Night
had fallen.” It was indeed the hour of darkness and we try in these days to enter
into the suffering of Jesus and feel the weight and sorrow of his experience. At times we also feel we have ‘toiled in vain,’
and it is good to know then our ‘cause is always with the Lord.’
Prayer. Lord, help us to be with you in your
anguish and suffering. Help us to draw strength from our union with you as you
are one with the Father. Amen.
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