Friday, 13 November 2015

WHEN PEACEFUL SILENCE LAY

PRAYER MOMENT


Saturday 14 November 2015


WHEN PEACEFUL SILENCE LAY


Pause. Enter into the stillness of God within.


Reading: “When peaceful silence lay over all, and night had run half of her swift course, down from the heavens, from the royal throne, leapt your all powerful word; into the heart of a doomed land the stern warrior came.” (Wisdom 18:14-16)


Reflection. This is an astonishing prediction on the threshold of the New Testament. “The all-powerful word” is the description John uses as he opens his gospel, “the Word was made flesh and dwelt among us.” How the author of Wisdom could come up with such a statement is amazing. It simply shows how charged creation has always been with expectations of divine intervention to bring it to fulfilment. This continues today: God is active among us everywhere and the “Joy of the Gospel” (Pope Francis) is to let that word flow through us.

Prayer. Lord, may your all-powerful word be welcomed by men and women everywhere as we strive to build a new earth. Amen.




















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