Advent Reflection – Wednesday 23 December 2009
December 23, 2009
Matthew 6: 9-13
For the kingdom, the power and the glory are yours,
Nōu hoki te rangatiratanga, te kaha, me te korōria,
now and forever. Amen. Āke āke āke. Āmine.
Rangatiratanga is a word that many of us will have heard discussed in the media, if not also in church circles. It is a word and a concept that is important in the Treaty of Waitangi… and was used there precisely because it was a word held in common by the Maori and Pakeha in this very prayer. In the nTreaty, Maori understood that they retained rangatiratanga of all their land and resources. In the Lord’s Prayer we acknowledge God’s rangatiratanga over all. This is God’s realm. While we may forget, God doesn’t.
Take time today to recognise how all of our life belongs in God’s realm.
Come, O Christ, come.
Teach us to pray.
Open us to all that is God’s.
Help us to be present to God, this Advent.
Amen.
