Jun 16: God is Present to All

Gaston Phébus : Gaston Phébus en prière
Bibliothèque nationale de France, Paris, 15th cent.

Thursday of the Eleventh Week in Ordinary Time

Gospel: Mt 6:7-15

“Pray then in this way: Our Father in heaven, hallowed be your name (NRSV, Mt 6:9).”

Father, there is so much that you speak through the Word to everyone in every time and place that has taken us so long to learn. It is only in the Word, now made flesh in Jesus, that we have realized that, through him, you are so close to us. It is not necessary as Moses thought to climb the holy mountain alone to talk to you, or to go apart into the Tent of the Presence, or for the priest to enter the Holy of Holies of the Temple. No, you are with us through the Word always and everywhere. You even share your life with us in the Holy Spirit if we will accept you in faith. How wonderful, Father, that each of us is empowered to call your name, not in search of you, but in response to your universal presence.

Alleluia. Amen.