PRAYER MOMENT WITH FR. DAVID HAROLD BARRY SJ Monday 17 March 2014, St Patrick’s Day! BE COMPASSIONATE Pause. Be still in the presence of God. Reading: “Be compassionate as your Father is compassionate…. Give and there will be gifts for you: a full measure, pressed down, shaken together, and running over, will be poured into your lap ” (Luke 6:36-38) Reflection. We are well into Lent now. It can be like the feeling of the second term at school. It is winter. It lasts for ever. And today’s reading from Daniel (26:16-19), “we have sinned, we have done wrong, we have acted wickedly” does nothing to relieve the gloom. But while Daniel lists the woes of the people he is bursting to change mood and recall the “kindness”, “mercy” and “pardon” of God. God is like the father of the prodigal son longing to heal and welcome back the one who has strayed. So the joy of new life, so evident in that parable, is close to the surface in the grimmest of moments. The Archbishop of Damascus writing about their “fourth Lent spent in war” in Syria says “poor families are opening their doors to impoverished refugees.” In the midst of their own pain families are showing divine compassion for others. Prayer. Lord, teach us to be compassionate, to open our hearts, especially when we feel down and tired and maybe bitter about something. Amen.
Posted on: Mon, 17 Mar 2014 05:30:34 +0000
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