FOLLOW HIS WAYS

PRAYER MOMENT 

Saturday 28 February 2015

 FOLLOW HIS WAYS

Pause. Enter into the stillness of God within.

Reading: Noses said to the people,“You have made this declaration about the Lord; that he will be your God, but only if you follow his ways, keep his statutes and listen to his voice.” (Deut 26:16-19)

Reflection. In proclaiming the astonishing doctrine of ‘loving your enemies,’ (Mt 5:43ff) Jesus is announcing something new which will change the world. He is fulfilling God’s call to ancient Israel to ‘follow his ways.’ They had a hard time doing this and so do we even now. But ‘his ways’ break down barriers between people and build unity and communion. His ways put an end to division in families, nations and the world. In Lent we stretch out for for this ideal and do our part in the little corner of time and space in which we find ourselves.

        

Prayer. Lord, help me to ‘love our enemies,’ to break down barriers where they exist in the very place I find myself. Amen.