PRAYER MOMENT
Tuesday,
13 May 2014
PRAYER MOMENT
Tuesday,
13 May 2014
THE LORD HELPED THEM
Pause. Be still
before God.
Reading: Acts 11:19-26
Reflection. I
have just returned from a journey to Nigeria and Kenya and I am struck by the
variety of ways people are working to help others and to help themselves. And
there is a third member of this trinity in that the Lord is helping them in
both of these. Influential people – judges, lawyers, chiefs – are working with
ordinary men and women to assist disabled people to find their place, their fulfilment,
in the church and in society. People who have been locked away (literally) by
their families, out of confused shame, are coming out into the world and
sharing their own joy in the gift of life. Once the barrier is down, and the
doors opened, amazing things happen and wounded people rejoice.
Prayer. Lord, we
ask you to help us break down the barriers we build to protect ourselves from
others. Introduce us to the wonder of meeting those whom we would not normally
meet. Amen.
David Harold-Barry SJ
Pause. Be still
before God.
Reading: Acts 11:19-26
Reflection. I
have just returned from a journey to Nigeria and Kenya and I am struck by the
variety of ways people are working to help others and to help themselves. And
there is a third member of this trinity in that the Lord is helping them in
both of these. Influential people – judges, lawyers, chiefs – are working with
ordinary men and women to assist disabled people to find their place, their fulfilment,
in the church and in society. People who have been locked away (literally) by
their families, out of confused shame, are coming out into the world and
sharing their own joy in the gift of life. Once the barrier is down, and the
doors opened, amazing things happen and wounded people rejoice.
Prayer. Lord, we
ask you to help us break down the barriers we build to protect ourselves from
others. Introduce us to the wonder of meeting those whom we would not normally
meet. Amen.
David Harold-Barry SJ
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