SUCKLED FROM HER CONSOLING BREASTS.

PRAYER PAUSE

Monday 1 October 2018, Teresa of Lisieux

SUCKLED FROM HER CONSOLING BREASTS.

Enter into the stillness of God within.

Reading ”Rejoice, Jerusalem, that you may be suckled, filled from her consoling breasts, that you may savour with delight her consoling breasts!” (Isaiah 66:10-14)

Reflection. The scriptures sometimes give us intimate descriptions of the promises of God for his people.  Teresa, in her early life, experienced this consolation in her family which seems to have been profondly filled with the Spirit. Her parents were patrons of the recent world meeting of families in Dublin.  She wrote that there seemed to be only a curtain between her and God.  Later, after she entered the convent, this curtain became a brick wall and she experienced dryness, distance and desolation. She shared with the One she loved his agony in the garden and every human being in one way or another walks that road.  Teresas never lost her trust in God and her joy. The same gift is offered to us.

Prayer. Lord, as we remember Teresa, may we too have the gift of great trust in you in our times of trial and be filled with your consoling joy.. Amen