PRAYER MOMENT
Wednesday
22 January 2014
CLOSED MINDS
Pause. Be in the presence
of God and imagine what it would be like in the synagogue.
Reading. “They
were watching him hoping for something to use against him.” (Mark 3:1-6)
Reflection. Imagine
Mark writing, “they were listening intently to him hoping to understand his
words and make his message their own.” But he didn’t because that was not how
it was. Quite the opposite; they felt threatened by his message and looked for
a way of removing him. And this is only chapter 3! The gospels mirror so
exactly our world today. People enjoy positions of power and wealth and seem
unable to listen to a voice that knocks on the door of their conscience. Despite
all the evidence of global warming we carry on burning the rain forests and
building furnaces. Despite all the human suffering people still traffic in
human beings and still push drugs onto youngsters to get them hooked. But the
gospels also tell us God is with us, at our side struggling against evil in
ourselves and in the world.
Prayer. Lord, teach
us to be listeners, especially to those things which call us to change our way
of thinking. Amen.
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