SIXTH
WEDNESDAY
Mark 10:1-16
Jesus, You are both more demanding and more
tender than we expect You to be. As You instruct us, You call us to
faithfulness that is based on God’s creative intention for human wholeness, particularly
for relationships that are nurtured and cherished in abiding love. You
challenge our tendency to turn relationships into disposable commodities when
that seems convenient to us. You block the easy way that we want to make for
ourselves.
Sometimes
your demands seem unreasonable and harsh to us, so we look for another way. But
we keep running up against your word, and we keep hearing your challenging call
to fidelity, and we move toward You, again.
You welcome
us! You cause us to rejoice! You provide constant help!
When we
reflect on your loving welcome, we even rejoice that your invitation is broader
than we would make it, that You welcome all who come to You, including many
whom we have hindered in their coming: the most vulnerable, most sick, poorest,
and most sinful.
Christ
Jesus, help us to welcome many with the tenderness with which You welcomed the
children who were brought to You. Stir us to bring many to receive your greeting
and your embrace. Amen.
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