PRAYER PAUSE
Saturday 30
July 2016
HEROD WANTED
TO KILL HIM
Pause. Enter into the stillness of God
within.
Reading: “John had told him, ‘It is against
the Law for you to have her.’ Herod had wanted to kill him but was afraid of
the people.” (Matt 14:1-12)
Reflection. John the Baptist spoke out and it
cost him his life. Jeremiah also, in our first reading today (ch. 26), is under
threat. Fr Hamel was killed in France this week as he celebrated Mass. The
threat of violence hangs in the air. It was the unspoken dimension in Jesus’
ministry. I cannot imagine it coming my way in my peaceful daily existence. But
we know it is possible. We have advanced in so many ways in modern times but
age old attractions to violence persist and defy our efforts to immunise
ourselves against them.
Prayer. Lord, may
we grow first in tolerance, then in acceptance and finally in love for one
another. Amen
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