Wednesday, 13 May 2015

WITH US

PRAYER MOMENT 


Thursday 14 May 2015, St Mathias


WITH US


Pause. Enter into the stillness of God within.


Reading: “We must therefore choose someone who has been with us all the time that the Lord Jesus has been travelling round with us.” (Acts 1:15-26)


Reflection. Before Luke gets into the body of Acts there is one bit of business to tidy up: Judas. He left a hole in the college of the apostles, a group that was clearly designed by Jesus to represent the twelve tribes of the new Israel. Having chosen Matthias we hear no more about “the twelve.” The new Israel would not be based on selected tribes but the whole of humanity. Still there is an urgency to complete the group of “friends” (John 15:14) the Lord had chosen and to whom he “has made known everything.” This community, this group that is “with us,” which will gradually be called “church,” is the vital channel for the divine life to flow from the vine into the branches. Its number must be completed.  


Prayer. Lord, may we too be counted among your friends, those who are “with you” in your joys and sufferings, your anxieties and longings for our world. Amen.
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