THEY DID NOT BELIEVE

PRAYER MOMENT

Easter Saturday 2 April 2016   

THEY DID NOT BELIEVE

Pause. Enter into the stillness of God within.

Reading: “He showed himself to two of them on their way to the country. They went back and told the others who did not believe them.” (Mark 16:9-15)

Reflection. It is hard to understand why Mark is so negative about the disciples. In the body of the gospel they are in a daze and here at the end they do not believe. The other writers, recounting the same event, tell us they were dumbfounded but they did come to believe. Perhaps it helps our unbelief because we read the passages but can often fail to transpose what we call our belief into real events that happen around us. It is OK to sing ‘alleluia’ but what happens when life disappoints us?

Prayer. Lord, help us to interpret the events of our life in the light of the death and resurrection of Jesus. Amen