PRAYER PAUSE
Monday 12 March 2018
I
SHALL EXULT IN MY PEOPLE
Enter
into the stillness of God within.
Reading: “I shall rejoice over
Jerusalem and exult in my peoplet.” (Isaiah 65:17-21)
Reflection. This is a consoling week in
Lent – an anticipation of the triumph of the resurrection. God, as it were,
looks forward to the time when his peple will turn to him and we are given one
of the six individuals in John’s gospel who does just that: the centurian (John
4:43ff). Nicodemus, the woman at the well, this centurian, the man born blind, Mary,
Martha and Lazarus – three men, three wome - all come from differnt backgrounds
but all cut though their “baggage” to reach out to the heart of Jesus and
respond in faith. Some do it immediately, others more slowly. It is all a
promise of things to come and we can find their like among us to day.
Prayer. Lord, we rejoice in
anticipation. Help us to respond in faith and love. Amen
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