I MUST PROCLAIM THE GOOD NEWS TO OTHER TOWNS TOO

PRAYER MOMENT  

Wedesday 2 September 2015

I MUST PROCLAIM THE GOOD NEWS TO OTHER TOWNS TOO

Pause. Enter into the stillness of God within.

Reading: “They wanted to prevent him leaving them, but he answered, ‘I must proclaim the Good News of the Kingdom of God to other towns too, because that is what I was sent to do.’” (Luke 4:38-44)

Reflection. As Jesus starts his ministry in Luke we see this drive, this energy, to announce the good news from place to place. In contrast we see the reaction of the people who want to hold on to him, to enjoy his miracles , to control him and limit him. We immediately see in these personal and social impulses something that is still with us today. We can easily settle for “our church,” “my Jesus,” in the sense of domesticating and limiting the good news to “our people” and “my image of God,” forgetting the energy and desire of Jesus to go to “other towns.” Cosmically we live in an ever-expanding universe and theologically we live in a world where the good news “must” always reach out further and further to “people who live in darkness.”

Prayer. Lord, inspire us with your energy to reach out to others and share withthem the good news through our way of living and our words. Amen.