Sunday, 19 October 2014

HE BROUGHT US TO LIFE

PRAYER MOMENT                      


Monday 20 October 2014


HE BROUGHT US TO LIFE


Pause. Be still in God’s presence.


Reading: “He brought us to life with Christ … not by anything of your own, but by a gift from God.” (Eph 2:1-10)


Reflection. In the broad sweep of the first chapter Ephesians lays out the hidden plan of God now revealed in Jesus. In this chapter we have the emphasis on gift. It is all gift. When we pray, “Hallowed be your name,” we may think we are praying that people will respect the name of God. But, more than that, we are praying that God will make his name known – as he did with the Israelites when he led them back from Egypt or gathered them again after they were scattered after the destruction of Jerusalem and the exile. The media reaction to the Synod in Rome yesterday was perhaps predictable. They sought for a drama. Perhaps it was too much to expect they would see the way God works among us. But if we have eyes to see we can know the gift of these times in the Church..


Prayer. Lord, hallowed be your name! May you make your name known among us so that people everywhere may be drawn to the great gift that your offer us in Jesus. Amen..  
David Harold-Barry SJ











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