PRAYER MOMENT
Friday 19
February 2016
BE
RECONCILED
Pause. Enter into the stillness of God
within.
Reading: “Leave your offering there
before the altar and go and be reconciled with your brother first, and then
come back and present your offering.” (Matt 5:20-26)
Reflection. Reconciliation is the last stage of
growth. After we have done our physical growth and trained our minds the
hardest bit still awaits us. We can “fix” many things by our wits but building relationships
between people is the last frontier. The Colombian government and the FARC have
been trying to do it for years and are getting nearer. Now the Syrians are
trying. And so it is in communities and families and even with ourselves. A low
self-image can be a bigger handicap than blindness. A person can end their life
rather than accept who they are. God calls us to reconciliation. It is the
outstanding item on our agenda.
Prayer. Lord, help us to grow in reconciliation
with one another, among societies and with nature. Amen.
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