PRAYER MOMENT
Tuesday 1
December 2015
TOO GOOD FOR
THE WORLD
Pause. Enter into the stillness of God
within.
Reading: “They were too good for the world
and wandered in deserts and mountains, in caves and ravines. These all won
acknowledgement through their faith.” (Hebrews 11:33-40)
Reflection. Edmund Campion and 27 other English
and Welsh Jesuit martyrs don’t make it to the official calendar of the Church,
but this is the day the Society of Jesus remembers them. What they suffered strains
belief. They lived in disguise and were hunted day and night by government agents.
These are the ones who were caught, tried and cruelly executed. No quick bullet
to the heart but they were hanged and cut down before they were dead and then
cut open and disembowelled. They knew this was their fate if caught but they
kept up their travels round the country strengthening and comforting others.
Prayer. Lord, may the courage of our
ancestors in the faith strengthen us and all who are stressed living their
faith today. Amen.
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