PRAYER PAUSE
Tuesday, 16 May 2017
MY PEACE I
GIVE YOU
Pause. Enter into the stillness of God
within.
Reading: “My own peace I give you, a peace
the world cannot give.” (John 14:27-31).
Reflection. Here is one more word from th e risen
Lord. “My peace” is not just an absence of quarrels. It is not just toleration,
nor security, a good job, enough to live on and so forth. It is all these but
it is far more. It is a quality of deep receiving of life as it is, and of myself
as I am; it is accepting the truth of life of myself, of others and of the God
who “ever comes” towards us, even if, like the disciples in the resurrection
stories, we do not recognise him. When Pedro Arrupe was released, on a cold
December morning in 1941 from a month of solitary confinement in a Japanese
jail, he was beaming and went around, thanking each of the guards in turn. They
were bemused. They had no idea what he was on about. But he had just lived an
intense 30 days experiencing the peace “the world cannot give.”
Prayer. Lord, give us this peace which
the world cannot give. Amen.
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