THE GOD OF OUR ANCESTORS

PRAYER MOMENT 

Thursday 30 April 2015 (internet problems)

THE GOD OF OUR ANCESTORS

Pause. Enter into the stillness of God within.

Reading: “Men of Israel, and fearers of God, listen! The God of our nation Israel chose our ancestors, and made our people great when they were living as foreigners in Egypt.” (Acts 11:13-25)

Reflection. The Spanish have a proverb which Ignatius of Loyola liked: ‘Go in their door and come out yours!” In meeting people he would find out their interests and motivation and gradually move the conversation towards things of the Spirit. Paul did this when he reached Pisidia. He spoke to the Jews of what they knew, their origins and so forth. Then suddenly he introduces Jesus as the culmination of all their longing. Some accepted.some didn’t. It is the same today. The church deeply appreciates the progress of nations but their comes a point where we are invited to go higher, so see where all this progress is pointing to and to sift out what is good and what is not good in that progress.

Prayer. Lord, we rejoice in all the progress our world has made in justice and development. Help us to sift our from all this what comes from you and what comes froom the evil one. Amen.

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