PRAYER MOMENT (This may not appear over the next
few days. I will be on the move)
Wednesday
3 June 2015, the Uganda Martyrs
POOR
IN SPIRIT
Pause. Enter into the stillness of God
within.
Reading: “How blessed are the poor
in spirit: the Kingdom of heaven is theirs.” (Matthew 5:1-12)
Reflection. Charles Lwanga and his
companions, some of who were still learners of the faith, were so moved by
their experience of Jesus that they were prepared to give everything, even
their life, to be faithful to him. It is a story that has touched people everywhere
since those dark days in the mid 1880s and it shows what those familiar words –
poverty of spirit - mean. They were able to make their way through the clutter
of life and go straight to the essential point, the essential person. Their
sacrifice is an inspiration for us as we
too struggle to reach out to what is essential.
Prayer. Lord, help us to have that
purity of heart, that poverty of spirit, which your martyrs showed in giving up
their lives rather than turning away from you. Amen.
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