Friday 7 March 2025
Ss Perpetua & Felicity
Isaiah 58:1-9. A broken, humbled heart, O God, you will not scorn – Ps 50(51):3-6, 18-19. Matthew 9:14-15.
Direct our attention to God
Christian faith invites feasting and fasting. Today’s Gospel reminds us that whether we do one or the other ought to be as a response to Jesus. Living, as we do, between the Resurrection and the Eschaton we experience him both as present and absent. Or we experience his presence in absence. Our seasons of feasting and fasting help us see that we wait for the fullness of the Lord, who in some very important ways is already with us.
We know that we can contribute to the sense of God’s absence both for ourselves and for others. We can fail to attend to God in our own lives. This time of fasting can allow us to pare back a little so we can direct our attention to the God whose traces are all around us.
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