Monday 29 October 2018

THE KINGDOM OF GOD IS LIKE YEAST


PRAYER PAUSE


Tuesday 30 October 2018, Dominic Collins


THE KINGDOM OF GOD IS LIKE YEAST


Enter into the stillness of God within.


Reading ”The kingdom of God is like the yeast a woman took and mixed with three measures of flour.” (Luke 13:18-21)


Reflection. Jesus gives us two simple parable: the kingdom of God is like a mustard seed or like yeast or leaven. Brief pictures packed with meaning. Once the woman starts mixing the yeast it disappears.  It becomes one with the flour and transforms the flour,  God’s action in the world is not easily seen.  It is there constantlytransforming people and society but you hardly notice it.  It is an image that gives us huge confidence.  Things often look pretty bleak.  We seldom turn from hearing the daily news with a feeling of elation.  Quite the opposite.  But despite it all, God is at work, silently transforming everything through the hearts of all those who welcome his mixing.


Prayer. Lord, help us to receive the leaven of you presence in our relations and actions. Amen.
















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