BE RECONCILED

PRAYER MOMENT

Friday 19 February 2016   

BE RECONCILED

Pause. Enter into the stillness of God within.

Reading: “Leave your offering there before the altar and go and be reconciled with your brother first, and then come back and present your offering.” (Matt 5:20-26)

Reflection. Reconciliation is the last stage of growth. After we have done our physical growth and trained our minds the hardest bit still awaits us. We can “fix” many things by our wits but building relationships between people is the last frontier. The Colombian government and the FARC have been trying to do it for years and are getting nearer. Now the Syrians are trying. And so it is in communities and families and even with ourselves. A low self-image can be a bigger handicap than blindness. A person can end their life rather than accept who they are. God calls us to reconciliation. It is the outstanding item on our agenda.

Prayer. Lord, help us to grow in reconciliation with one another, among societies and with nature. Amen.