PRAYER MOMENT
Thursday 2
February 2016
A GREAT GULF
Pause. Enter into the stillness of God
within.
Reading: “But that is not all: between
us and you a great gulf has been fixed, to stop anyone, if he wanted to, crossing
from our side to yours, and stop anyone crossing from your side to ours.” (Luke
16:19-31)
Reflection. The great gulf, in Jesus’ parable of
the rich man and Lazarus, doesn’t only exist in eternity. It is with us today.
The drive towards wealth and power, and the absence of any sense of the effects
of this lust on the lives of the poor, is real. And when we follow the media or
simply look around we are aware of the “gulf” between avarice and compassion in
the attitudes of many people today. It is marvellous to note the multitude of
efforts made worldwide to bridge that gulf by people of good will everywhere.
But the reality remains and the rejection of the light continues.
Prayer. Lord, teach us to always be
attentive to our thoughts and actions. Amen.
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