Presence

I pause for a moment and think of the love
and the grace that God showers on me:
I am created in the image and likeness of God;
I am God’s dwelling-place.

Freedom

Lord, You created me to live in freedom. May Your Holy Spirit guide me to follow You freely. Instil in my heart a desire to know and love You more each day.

Consciousness

Father, thank You for sending Your Son to earth to be with me in every experience I have. Thank You that He is with me in a special way in this time of prayer and through Your Word.

The Word of God

¹⁹Then his mother and his brothers came to him, but they could not reach him because of the crowd. ²⁰And he was told, “Your mother and your brothers are standing outside, wanting to see you.” ²¹But he said to them, “My mother and my brothers are those who hear the word of God and do it.”

Inspiration

There is a time to pray with others and a time to pray alone. Sometimes the clamour of a crowd can  keep us from finding Jesus. In his own life on earth Jesus loved to go aside into a quiet place and be alone with his beloved Father. 

Because of the Incarnation and his coming amongst us as one of us and by his life, death and resurrection, Jesus has become our brother and made all who seek to follow him his new family. In having the one Spirit of Jesus within us, we are united together and become brothers and sisters of each other. Let us join with Jesus in his prayer for unity among all Christians.

Conversation

What word or phrase has caught my attention from today’s Gospel? I ask the Lord what He wants to say to me through this word…

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