PRAYER MOMENT
Friday
24 April 2015
TRAVELLING
TO DAMASCUS
Pause. Enter into the stillness of God
within.
Reading: “Suddenly, while he was
travelling to Damascus and just before he reached the city, there came a great
light from heaven all round him.” (Acts 9:1-20)
Reflection. Paul’s Damascus has become a
figure of speech. We talk of ‘a Damascus moment’ meaning a sudden converson or insight.
We probably have them more frequently than we notice. We suddenly understand
something while reading or at work. We understand a person in a new way. Life
is full of conversions and moments of grace. God longs to open our hearts to them
all the time. The great conversions of history – Paul, Augustine, Francis,
Ignatius – stand out for us as beacons, clear indicators of what it is for God
to take over a person and make them a channel of his creative spirit. The four
I mention were already searchers before God touched them in a dramatic way.
Prayer. Lord, help us to be
searchers, curious to know and understand. And come to us with your creative
grace and love. Amen.
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