PRAYER PAUSE
Thursday 14 December 2017,
St John of the Cross
PLANTING
CEDARS
Enter
into the stillness of God within.
Reading: “In the wilderness I will
put cedar trees, acacias, myrtles, olives. In the desert I will plant junipers.”
(Isaiah 41:13-20)
Reflection. Isaiah comes up with
multiple images of hope, like today’s ones, with which to nourish our Advent
journey. Here is another, this time from the Economist. Terry Laughlin, a swimmimg coach died in October. Star swimmers,
he held, go through four stages. The first is unconscious incompetence when
they can’t swim and they don’t know it. Then comes conscious incompetence when they
know they can’t swim. The third is conscious competence when they can swim and
they know it and finally unconscious competence. They no longer have to think
what they are doing: they have achieved “communion with the water.” Not a bad
image for the life of John of the Cross and of our own Advent hope.
Prayer. Lord, lead us along the way
of hope, always reaching beyond our grasp.. Amen.
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