PRAYER PAUSE
Saturday 23 June 2018
DO
NOT WORRY ABOUT TOMORROW
Enter
into the stillness of God within.
Reading: “Set you heart on his kingdom and on his
righteousness and all these other things will be givrn to you as well. So do
not worry about tomorrow; tomorrow will take care of itself.” (Matthew 6:24-34)
Reflection. This sounds like odd
advice. We spend our time planning and providing
for the future. “Who is going to look after me in my old age?” What can Jesus be meaning? Is he, for
instance, telling us not to worry about climate change; it will take care of
itself. Clearly, he is not saying do not think of tomorrow; but he is saying do
not worry. We have to plan for the
future . We have to do all we can to provide
for our families and for the whole human family, as Pope Frncis keeps reminding
us. But after we have done all we can we
have to leave, as it were, a space for God. We cannot think of everything
ourselves, nor can we provide for everything.
There really are two ways of thinking here: one that is totally “self-reliant”
on our power to “fix” everything; and the other on doing all we can but with
hearts open to God to see things through.
Prayer. Lord, in this age when science
and technology prompt us to think we can fix everything, teach us what it is to
trust. Amen
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