PRAYER PAUSE
Monday 6 November 2017
INVITE
THE POOR
Pause. Enter into the stillness
of God within.
Reading: “When you give a party,
invite the poor, the crippled, the lame, the blind.” (Luke 14:1…11)
Reflection. When the vote for the new
pope moved towards Jorge Bergoglio, the cardinal next to him whispered “remember
the poor!” Bergoglio, it seems, hardly needed reminding. His whole ministry to
that time focused on the poor and so he took the name Francis, the poor man of
Assisi. In the kingdom of God we know the poor will have an exalted place. We
also know that many today struggle on behalf of the poor. Perhaps the struggle
for justice in the world has never been greater and the momentum is gathering.
But what a long way there still is to go! What suffering there still is for
migrants and marginaised people everywhere!
Prayer.
Lord, help us to remember the poor and do what is in our power to “invite” them
to share in the fullness of life. Amen.
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