PRAYER MOMENT
Saturday 17
October 2015, Ignatius of Antioch.
Power played
such tricks yesterday that I only sent this out very late. I am just adding a
word to it for today
ABRAHAM
BELIEVED
Pause. Enter into the stillness of God
within.
Reading: “In hope Abraham believed against
hope … and we became inheritors of the word.” (Romans 4:13-18)
Reflection. Paul now introduces his great hero.
Abraham is our father in faith. He was the inventor of faith! Faith is the
great leap upwards which we struggle with all our lives as we face challenge
after challenge. Abraham was the first one who really battled with this rising beyond.
He stands as the pinnacle of the Old Testament as Mary does in the New. Ignatius
of Antioch was a pillar of the early church who grasped Paul’s message that
this is the great turning point in the human story. After aeons of preparation
humankind is ready to reach beyond itself and the way is by faith. Works,
structures, laws, etc., get us so far but they don’t lead to breakthroughs.
Only faith does that.
Prayer. Lord Jesus, increase our faith! Help
us to relish this great gift that opens the way for us. Amen.
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