Wednesday, 18 May 2016

CUT IT OFF

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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