PRAYER PAUSE
Thursday 19
May 2016
CUT IT OFF
Pause. Enter into the stillness of God
within.
Reading: “And if your hand should cause you
to sin, cut it off.” (Mark 9:41-50)
Reflection. This is not a comfortable gospel. It
reminds us of what happens even now under Sharia law. But clearly it was a way
of speaking, in no way to be meant literally. Mark is insistent on the urgency
of the coming of God’s reign. In chapter one, the phrase “at once” occurs seven
times. So, any choice of phrase that can shake his hearers into action is used
by Jesus. It was a time of decision. They had to choose. Were they with him of
against him? And so it is today. The media constantly uses the word “urgent”
for climate change, migration, ISIS and so forth. And the agents of the media
are right. And the urgency that underlies all is the urgency of welcoming the
kingdom of the Father.
Prayer. Lord, our time is short; help us top
welcome your coming with all our energy. Amen.
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