Thursday of Week 29 in Ordinary Time (Year II)
Ephesians 3:14-21 | Psalm 32:1-2,4-5,11-12,18-19 | Luke 12:49-53
Out of his infinite glory, may he give you the power through his Spirit for your hidden self to grow strong, so that Christ may live in your hearts through faith, and then, planted in love and built on love, you will with all the saints have strength to grasp the breadth and the length, the height and the depth; until, knowing the love of Christ, which is beyond all knowledge, you are filled with the utter fullness of God. (Ephesians 3:16-19)
There are days, like yesterday, when I think I over-analyse the word of God. This isn’t one of those days.
St. Paul has composed a prayer that I couldn’t hope to surpass, yet neatly summarises our yearning as Christians:
- that we will be filled with the fire and the strength of the Holy Spirit,
- that Christ will come to stretch our hearts beyond measure with God’s love,
- that we will thus experience the fullness of God, which transcends all reasoning.
There’s nothing left to say, but “Amen!”
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While on the subject of prayer, I’ll be starting a simple prayer notebook, inspired by Fr. Paul Goh’s homily last Sunday. It’s so simple yet meaningful, that I’d encourage all of you to do the same. Just take a blank notebook, draw four columns, then fill them in as follows:
- When I began this prayer to God
- What/who this prayer is for
- When this prayer was answered
- How this prayer was answered
I think it’s an excellent way to become more aware of what I’m praying for, a constant reminder to look beyond my requests to see how He gives me what I need instead, and an anchor in difficult times to shore up my confidence in His constant presence and love.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5pAws8OOCyo