PRAYER MOMENT
Thursday 3
December 2015, St Francis Xavier
GO OUT
Pause. Enter into the stillness of God
within.
Reading: “Go out to the whole world; proclaim
the gospel to all ceration.” (Mark16:15-20)
Reflection. This sixteenth century St Paul travelled
further and further – not in any aimless self-ambitious way - he was drawn ever
onward by the Spirit. He went to India, Indonesia, Japan and China just as Paul
moved through Asia Minor, Greece and Illyria to Rome. He had the same energy,
the same passion. And Francis realised how much he owed to the Lord, mediated
by Ignatius and his companions. When he got their letters in the furthest
corners of the east he would cut out their names and keep them in a locket next
to his hearts. He was an extraordinary human being – full of passion, energy
and affection. Yet he was deliberate and discerning in all the imaginative decisions
he made.
Prayer. Lord, we rejoice in the life of Francis
Xavier. Help us too to have the same passion, energy and imagination in all
that we do. Amen.
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