ENEMIES OF EACH OTHER

PRAYER MOMENT Saturday 14 February 2015 ENEMIES OF EACH OTHER Pause. Enter into the stillness of God within. Reading: “I will make you enemies of each other; you and the woman, your offspring and her offspring.” (Genesis 3:9-24) Reflection. There is a contest built into our story. The book of Genesis describes this in its own way: it tells of ‘the fall’, the myserious way in which men and women, created good, turned to evil. In this way it set up a conflict which is with us to this day. The 17 hours of talks in Minsk to try to bring peace to Ukraine were a contest of interests, some noble, some loaded with selfishness. And so it is in our ordinary lives; we feel this contest within. We struggle each day with the obstacles we meet but we have God’s gauarantee that he turns all things, even sin, to good for those who love him. (Romans 8). Prayer. Lord, help us to be steady, courageous and joyful as we engage in the daily contest with sin in the world and in ourselves. Amen. David Harold-Barry SJ