PRAYER MOMENT (to be
resumed on Tuesday 22 Oct)
Thursday 17 October 2013
YOU HAVE PREVENTED OTHERS
Pause. Be still and enter into your inner self.
Reading. “Alas
for you lawyers who have taken away the key of knowledge! You have not gone in
yourselves and prevented others from going in who wanted to.” (Luke 11: 47-54)
Reflection. We
are responsible for our families and communities but we are also responsible
for many other people whom we meet on the way. Ultimately we are responsible
for everyone on the planet since we all depend on each other and are linked to
each other and sink or swim together. As the poet said, “we live at others’
expense.” This is a bit frightening if we reflect that we may be “preventing”
others from living their lives to the full because of our own inattentiveness
or inaction. We know that many suffer because those who could do something about
it don’t.
Prayer. Lord, teach
us to be attentive and open doors for others so that they may come to the banquet
you have prepared for all of us. Amen
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