PRAYER PAUSE
Friday 15
July 2016, S Bonaventure
MASTER OF
THE SABBATH
Pause. Enter into the stillness of God
within.
Reading: “For the Son of Man is master of the
Sabbath.” (Matt.12:1-8)
Reflection. Insistence on the exact observance of
the Sabbath was a strategy the Jewish leaders used to control the people and
keep them in line. From being a holy day of rest it became a tool of
oppression. We look back in anger at such a travesty of justice but we have to
look into our own conscience. It happens today in state and Church when
authority crushes dissent, when creativity is seen as threatening and the
expression of differing views discouraged. It is happening in Zimbabwe today.
It can also happen in our own lives when, in the interests of a peaceful life,
we ignore our inner voice.
Prayer. Lord, help us to pay attention to
your coming in different ways, drawing us into new paths we would rather not
take. Amen
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