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When Abraham was ninety-nine years old, The Lord appeared to him and said: "I am God the Almighty. Walk in my presence and be blameless." (Genesis 17:1)
What a beautiful call from you, O God our Father: to walk in your presence and be blameless. Our lives consist of so many walks many in a hurry, some very slowly and maybe the rest listlessly, aimlessly refusing to move at all.
Teach us, O Lord, to walk blamelessly by walking in your ways following the path of the narrow gate learning to prostrate before you like Abraham when filled with joy or like the leper who approached Jesus when deeply in pain and suffering.
When Jesus came down from the mountain, great crowds followed him. And then a leper approached, did him homage, and said, "Lord, if you wish, you can make me clean." He stretched out his hand, touched him, and said, "I will do it. Be made clean." His leprosy was cleansed immediately. (Matthew 8:1-3)
We pray for those who have stopped walking to you walking with you, Lord: let them rise again to walk blamelessly in your sight. Heal them and likewise send them again to walk in your presence and be agents of your healing. Amen.
