PRAYER PAUSE
Wednesday 14 September 2016. The
Triumph of the Cross
LIFTED UP
Pause. Enter into the stillness of God
within.
Reading: “The one who came down from heaven ,,,
must be lifted up as Moses lifted up the serpent in the desert.” (John 3:13-17)
Reflection. Forty days after the glimpse of
heaven we call the ‘Transfiguration’ (August 6) we have the celebration of the
Cross. It is a moment to ponder Good Friday and the double meaning of being “lifted
up” so emphasised in John. Jesus came to
‘lift up’ the world; transfiguration or transformation would happen through the
cross. I am reading the cancer diary of Michael Paul Gallagher who died last
year. He records his swings of mood as he enters his last days, his “extra time,”
under chemo. In one or other way this is our human struggle and we can be
crushed or lifted up by it.
Prayer. Lord Jesus,
may we be “lifted up” by whatever struggles we face each day. Amen
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