PRAYER MOMENT
Tuesday 15 October 2013
YOU CLEAN THE OUTSIDE
Pause. Take time to be still in the presence of God
Reading. “Oh, you
Pharisees! You clean the outside of cup and plate, while inside yourselves you
are full of extortion and wickedness” (Luke 11: 37-41)
Reflection. Jesus
storms at the Pharisees because they want to appear virtuous in public and so
win respect among the people. But their way of living, and how they deal with
people, is another story. So they bring religion into disrepute. They make a
mockery of the real intention of the ancient laws of Israel. Jesus is angry because
their attitude blocks the way for the ordinary people who love God’s law and
want to really learn the compassion of his Father. We may not deserve such a strong
rebuke, we tell ourselves. Yet the challenge remains; how to nourish our inner
self so that it flows into our outer self – the one people meet – and shows a
clear witness that the reign of God has come.
Prayer. Lord, teach
me to live so that there is a harmony between what I believe and what I say and
do. Amen
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