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Daily Prayer - 2013-11-21

Presence

I pause for a moment, aware that God is here.
I think of how everything around me,
the air I breathe, my whole body,
is tingling with the the presence of God.

Freedom

"In these days, God taught me
as a schoolteacher teaches a pupil" (Saint Ignatius).
I remind myself that there are things God has to teach me yet,
and ask for the grace to hear them and let them change me.

Consciousness

Lord you have called me ‘the light of the world’.
Let me be always conscious of those you want me to serve,
The hungry and the homeless,
The sick and the destitute,
The stranger and the refugee.

The Word of God

Matthew 12:46-50

While Jesus was still speaking to the crowds, his mother and his brothers were standing outside, wanting to speak to him. Someone told him, "Look, your mother and your brothers are standing outside, wanting to speak to you." But to the one who had told him this, Jesus replied, "Who is my mother, and who are my brothers?" And pointing to his disciples, he said, "Here are my mother and my brothers! For whoever does the will of my Father in heaven is my brother and sister and mother."

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  • I imagine Mary and the other relatives of Jesus as they hear these words. It must not have been always easy to live with such a radically free person, totally focussed on his mission. I look at my relationship with Jesus, and ask Mary for her help to grow in my personal knowledge of her son. Like her I seek to meet him.
  • Here are my mother and my brothers! For whoever does the will of my Father in heaven is my brother and sister and mother. Jesus counts those who do his Father’s will as part of his family, his most intimate group. Elsewhere Jesus promises to come to us with the Father and make his abode in our hearts. I thank God for his overwhelming generosity to me: he not only tells me what he wants of me, but promises his help and his intimacy as I carry it out.
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Conversation

We don’t always need to talk to communicate.
Can I imagine myself sitting quietly with Jesus?
Can I look silently at him and He at me?
How do I feel?

Conclusion

I thank God for these few moments we have spent alone together and for any insights I may have been given concerning the text.

Amen

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