Lord Jesus,

you alone can reveal to us

the riches of God’s solitude

in the communion of persons.

 

Alone in the desert

and alone in Gethsemane,

alone on your cross,

between men who were alone on theirs,

you assumed everyone’s solitude

within yourself

so that everyone might commune

with God.

 

O God of encounters,

may each of us 

in his desert

detect a sign of your presence.

With you,

may each of us be

for his brothers

a travelling companion

in the fellowship of the Father

and the Spirit.

 

Lord Jesus, 

by taking part

in your death and resurrection,

we pass from solitude to communion.

 

Pierre Talec, 1933- 2016, French priest and author

 

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So they approached the village where they were going. 

He acted as though he wanted to go farther, but they urged him, 

“Stay with us, because it is getting toward evening and the day is almost done.” 

So he went in to stay with them.