FIRE AND BRIMSTONE

PRAYER MOMENT      (Note: Much load shedding at the moment. This may be late in appearing!) 

Tuesday 30 June 2015

FIRE AND BRIMSTONE

Pause. Enter into the stillness of God within.

Reading: “The Lord rained on Sodom and Gomorrah brimstone and fire. He overthrew these towns and the whole plain, with all the inhabitants of the towns and everything that grew there.” (Geneis 19:15-29)

Reflection. God never destroyed anything but this is an Old Testament device often used to explain disasters which happen through human choices or natural causes. Just yesterday Robert Redford, a well known American actor, spoke in the US Congress of “our last chance” to save our planet. There is a gathering consensus that human induced climate change is now threatening us with a new but equally devastating variant of fire and burning stone. We are all urged, and most recently by Pope Francis in Laudato Si, to do what we can to prevent this looming disaster while there is still time. Most people today have more pressing issues but this OT reading does call us to review our attitudes and our habits.

Prayer. Lord, we join Pope Francis in giving praise for all creation. Help us to nurture our planet and save it for generations yet to be born. Amen.

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