PRAYER MOMENT
Saturday 24
October 2015
IF THE
SPIRIT IS LIVING IN YOU
Pause. Enter into the stillness of God
within.
Reading: “If the Spirit of him who raised
Jesus from the dead is living in you, then he who raised Jesus from the dead
will give life to your mortal bodies through the Spirit living in you.” (Romans
8:1-11)
Reflection. The pages in the Jerusalem Bible that
give us Paul’s letter to the Romans are packed with footnotes. Sometimes the text
only covers an inch at the top of the page. Why? Because great efforts are made
to explain Paul’s meaning. “The Law gives information; it does not give
spiritual strength” it says in one place. And we can say the same of a
multitude of books and adverts today. We know
a lot but we don’t carry out the works of justice that the gospel calls us to.
It is only the deep belonging to Jesus that the Spirit gives that helps us do
that.
Prayer. Lord, help us to welcome the Spirit
of Jesus into our hearts and llives. Amen.
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