Friday, 9 March 2018

BE MERCIFUL TO ME!


PRAYER PAUSE  


Saturday 10 March 2018


BE MERCIFUL TO ME!


Enter into the stillness of God within.


Reading: “But he beat his breast and said, ‘God be merciful to me, a sinner!’ This man, I tell you, went home at rights with God; the Pharisee did not.” (Luke 18:9-14)



Reflection. In our accompanying reading today (Hosea 5:15-6:6) we read, “this love of  yours is like a morning cloud, like the dew that quickly disappears.” Together the readings speak of sharp uncluttered love; a love that goes to the heart – without explanations, conditions or moods. It is the love of the 14th century mystic that wrote the Cloud of Unknowing, a classic description of what it is to focus totally on piercing the cloud between women and men and God.  We cannot pierce it totally in this life but we can reach out with all our being as the publican, or sinner, in the parable in Luke does. And we can bring this uncomplicated love into our daily life by looking beyond the hurts and irritations and disappointments in our relationships and focus on the other person with simple love.


Prayer. Lord, teach us to love without conditions as you love each of us as we are. Amen   

































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