WE CANNOT DENY IT

PRAYER MOMENT 

Easter Saturday 11 April 2015

WE CANNOT DENY IT

Pause. Enter into the stillness of God within.

Reading: “What are we going to  do with these men?” they asked. “It is obvious to every one in Jersualam that a miracle has been worked through them in public, and we cannot deny it. But to stop the whole thing spreading any further …” (Acts 4:13-21).

Reflection. The early Christian writers seemed intent on describing how difficult it was for their contemptaries to believe Jesus had risen from the dead. The Jewish leaders in the Acts behave towards the apostles as they did towards Jesus. They don’t deny the miracles they just close their minds to the implications. But even his disciples have a hard time opening their minds and hearts to the new reality. Mark, the earliest gospel, is insistant on their incredulity and we are invited to think about this. Is it really so easy to believe in the resurrection? Should we not allow our hearts the astonishment and reluctance to believe of those early ancestors of ours in the faith? It is so easy to sing alleluia. The reality of what happened is something else.      

Prayer. Lord, let us believe slowly and deeply about how you have transformed the world and our lives. Do not allow us to live by slogans and easy words. May your word penetrate deep into our being. Amen.

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