PRAYER MOMENT
Thursday
13 November 2014
THE
KINGDOM OF GOD IS AMONG YOU
Pause. Be still in God’s presence.
Reading: “The coming of the kingdom
of God does not admit of observation and there will be no one to say, ‘Look here!
Look there!’ For you must know, the kingdom of God is among you.” (Luke 17:20-25)
Reflection. There are three images in
our short gospel passage today and we are to hold them together. First we
cannot observe the kingdom, or the reign of God, in the same way as we can
observe a hospital or a school with all their services and personnel. It is
hidden and we do not always see the people and the actions of this rule. Second,
there will be a clear manifestation of the rule of God one day when the Son of
Man comes ‘like the lightening flashing from one party pf heaven lights up the other.’
And third, ‘but first he must suffer grievously and be rejected by this
generation,’ All three are true today. The kingdom is already among us in
countless ways each day; the assurance of its final manifestation remains our
solid hope. But the fact remains that the rule of God is continuously rejected.
The struggle continues despite the assurance that God will bring all things to fulfilment
in Jesus.
Prayer. Lord, help us to hold
together our hope, our awareness of your action all round us and our realisation
of the suffering of your people and your world.
Amen.
David Harold-Barry SJ
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