PRAYER PAUSE
Saturday 8 April 2017
I SHALL
GATHER THEM
Pause. Enter into the stillness of God
within.
Reading: “I shall gather them together from
everywhere and bring them home to their own soil.” (Ezekiel 37 21-28)
Reflection. The promise, running through the
paschal mystery, is of the good shepherd gathering the scattered flock into one
sheepfold. Sin, the refusal to follow the law written in the human conscience
and the consequent divisions and exclusions of people across the globe, has
scattered the nations. The Jews have been physically scattered around the world
for centuries. And even individuals live scattered lives unable to bring
together their desires and the actual circumstances of their lives. The promise
is of a gathering of all into unity – people with one another and with
themselves. This homecoming is the desire and joy of every human heart.
Prayer. Lord, help us to be open to
break down the barriers in our own lives and between people wherever we meet
them. Amen.
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