Friday, 27 May 2016

BY WHAT AUTHORITY?

PRAYER PAUSE


Saturday 28 May 2016  


BY WHAT AUTHORITY?


Pause. Enter into the stillness of God within.


Reading: “The chief priests and the scribes and the elders said to him, ‘What authority have you for acting like this?’” (Mark 11:27-33)  


Reflection. Jesus has just driven the buyers and sellers out of the temple, provoking this reaction. The leaders are not asking him this question to get the real answer but to trap him. Authority that is one sided is no authority and so Jesus refuses to answer. If they really wanted to know he would have told them and a dialogue would have been set up. We look at how authority is used in our society. Is it a dialogue or an imposition from above? Democracy seems to be the only use of authority that really sticks. Other forms wither. It takes two – at every level of society – to exercise effective authority. Authority comes from augere, to grow.


Prayer. Lord, help us to listen so that every use of authority is an exercise in growth. Amen.


































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