OUT OF HIS MIND

PRAYER MOMENT Saturday 24 January 2015, St Francis de Sales OUT OF HIS MIND Pause. Enter into the stillness of God within. Reading: “When his relatives heard of this (that such crowds were gathering Jesus could hardly have a meal), they set out to take charge of him convinced whe was out of his mind.” (Mark 3:20-21) Reflection. Mark is the most blunt and raw of the gospel writers. He does not shrink from giving us a sharp and immediate picture of events and feelings. Clearly Jesus’ family were dismayed by his activities. They could not understand the burning urgency with which he pursued his mission. His every waking moment was devoted to proclaiming the new world that God was creating. I am reading the life of Abraham Lincoln at the moment and you can get a taste of that urgency, that ambition to serve, in his life too. In our complex time we look for that sense of ‘driveness’ in our leaders in the church and in the world - and also in ourselves! Prayer. God, our Father, we see in Jesus one who was absorbed by his mission to announce your reign of justice and peace. Help us too to be intent on witnessing to this mission. Amen. David Harold-Barry SJ